transitive. To confer the highest praise or benefit on; to glorify; to bless or endow with honour… With a person as object.

transitive. To praise excessively; to praise more than is deserved.

transitive. To exalt above all things.

figurative. To load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess.

transitive. To extol, glorify, or praise exceedingly or excessively. Obsolete.

To or at an advanced point of progress. figurative with reference to progressive action or condition: To a great length or degree. to go far to…

transitive. To praise, laud.

intransitive. To speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration. In early use with upon; now frequently with about, of…

To compare to stars. Obsolete.

To pronounce or declare supremely blessed.

transitive. To laud or praise greatly or to excess.

to jump down a person's throat: to respond to a person with excessive alacrity or eagerness; spec. (a) (in early use) to be overly attentive or…

transitive. To praise rapturously; (with direct speech as object) to say in an ecstatic way.

transitive. To load with praise.