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单词 adulate
释义

adulate

[ aj-uh-leyt ]
/ ˈædʒ əˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing.

to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.

Origin of adulate

First recorded in 1770–80; back formation from adulation

OTHER WORDS FROM adulate

ad·u·la·tion, nounad·u·la·tor, noun

Words nearby adulate

ADTS, a due, aduki, adularescent, adularia, adulate, adulation, adulatory, Adullamite, adult, adult education
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Example sentences from the Web for adulate

  • She whom such songs were meant to adulate or win, frequently was the wife of the Troubadours lord.

    The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
  • It is true, people are permitted to adulate slavery—so they are allowed to adulate kings, where kings reign.

    Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for adulate

adulate
/ (ˈædjʊˌleɪt) /

verb

(tr) to flatter or praise obsequiously

Derived forms of adulate

adulator, noun

Word Origin for adulate

C17: back formation from C15 adulation, from Latin adūlāri to flatter
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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