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extolextol /ɪkˈstoʊl/ verb (extolled, extolling) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYextolOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin extollere, from tollere to lift up VERB TABLEextol |
| Present | I, you, we, they | extol | | he, she, it | extols | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | extolled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have extolled | | he, she, it | has extolled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had extolled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will extol | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have extolled |
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| Present | I | am extolling | | he, she, it | is extolling | | you, we, they | are extolling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was extolling | | you, we, they | were extolling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been extolling | | he, she, it | has been extolling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been extolling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be extolling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been extolling |
► extolling the virtues of Scott was extolling the virtues of being a vegetarian. THESAURUSto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly► praiseto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly: The new freeway plan has been praised by local business leaders. ► congratulate to tell someone that you are happy that he or she has achieved something: He congratulated Susan on winning the contest. ► flatter to say nice things about someone, sometimes when you do not really mean it, often to get something you want: He said I was beautiful, but I think he was just trying to flatter me. ► compliment (also pay somebody a compliment) to say something nice about the way someone looks or what someone has done in order to praise him or her: He complimented her on her delicious cooking. ► extol formal to praise something very much: One of his colleagues extolled him as “a very fine human being.” ► commend formal to praise someone or something publicly or formally: The children were commended for saving the dog. ► applaud formal to publicly praise a decision, action, or idea: Business leaders applauded the government’s decision to lower taxes. formal to praise something very much: Scott was extolling the virtues of being a vegetarian.► see thesaurus at praise1 [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin extollere, from tollere to lift up] |