praise /prāz/

1. To express admiration or approval of
2. To commend
3. To extol
4. To glorify or worship (one's god) with hymns, thanksgiving, etc
5. To assign a value to, appraise (Shakespeare)

1. The expression of admiration or approval
2. Commendation
3. Glorification, worship
4. The musical part of worship
5. Praise-deserving merit (old)
6. (in ejaculatory expressions) substituted for God (obsolete Scot informal)

praiseˈful adjective

praiseˈless adjective

praisˈer noun

praiseˈworthily adverb

praiseˈworthiness noun

praiseˈworthy adjective

1. Worthy of praise
2. Commendable

praisˈing noun and adjective

• rapt
• raptatorial
• raptly
• raptor
• raptorial
• raptors
• rapture
• raptured
• raptureless
• rapture of the deep
• rapture of the depth
• rapture of the depths
• raptures
• rapturing
• rapturise
• rapturised
• rapturises
• rapturising
• rapturist
• rapturists
• rapturize
• rapturized
• rapturizes
• rapturizing
• rapturous