extol
verb /ɪkˈstəʊl/
/ɪkˈstəʊl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extol | /ɪkˈstəʊl/ /ɪkˈstəʊl/ |
| he / she / it extols | /ɪkˈstəʊlz/ /ɪkˈstəʊlz/ |
| past simple extolled | /ɪkˈstəʊld/ /ɪkˈstəʊld/ |
| past participle extolled | /ɪkˈstəʊld/ /ɪkˈstəʊld/ |
| -ing form extolling | /ɪkˈstəʊlɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstəʊlɪŋ/ |
- to praise somebody/something very much
- extol somebody/something Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.
- extol somebody/something as something She was extolled as a genius.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryExtol is used with these nouns as the object:- benefit
- virtue
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin extollere, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + tollere ‘raise’.