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/ɪkstˈoʊl/ Listen

verb

Extol v. t. (past & past part. extolled; pres. part. extolling)

To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. (Obs.) "Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties."

To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person. "Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus?"

Synonyms: To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See Praise.

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... of Oldfield and the "Distressed Mother" triumphed, and young beaux who had helped to swell the riot were glad to come back meekly to Drury Lane and extol the attractions of Andromache. In the play itself Nance must have been all that the troublous part suggested, but it was when she tripped on gaily and gave the humorous epilogue that the house found her most delightful. She, who could reign so imperially in tragedy, ...

— The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield • Edward Robins

... not espouse these ambitious schemes became deeply imbued with the expansively patriotic ideas championed by the Kaiser. So far back as 1890 he ordered their enforcement in the universities and schools[503]. Thenceforth professors and teachers vied in their eagerness to extol the greatness of Germany and the civilising mission of the Hohenzollerns, whose exploits in the future were to eclipse all the achievements of Frederick the Great and William I. Moreover, the new German Navy was acclaimed as a necessary means to the triumph of German ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... with him strove in fight, And his great merit grudged to recognize, Now feels the impress of his wondrous might, And in his magic fetters gladly lies; E'en to the highest hath he winged his flight, In close communion linked with all we prize. Extol him then! What mortals while they live But half receive, ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, • Editor-in-Chief: Kuno Francke

... Wash me and I shall be clean; purge me and I shall be free from offence. Though my sins be as scarlet, they shall be whiter than snow if Thou pleasest but to receive me amongst those whom Thou hast redeemed, that I may sing praises to the Most High and extol Thy Holy Name in the courts of Heaven for ever and ...

— Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences • Arthur L. Hayward

... humorous, but never swankful— Swank mars the finer fibres of the soul— For what we have achieved devoutly thankful, But disinclined our prowess to extol; And, when our foemen bang the drum and bump it, In silence be our disapproval shown; 'Tis nobler far to blow another's trumpet Than to perform fantasias ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 12, 1916 • Various

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