Definition of Extol

1. Verb. Praise, glorify, or honor. "Sam and Sue extol the movie "; "Glorify one's spouse's cooking"

Exact synonyms: Exalt, Glorify, Laud, Proclaim
Generic synonyms: Praise
Specialized synonyms: Canonise, Canonize, Ensky, Crack Up, Hymn
Derivative terms: Exaltation, Extoller, Extolment, Glorification, Glorification, Glory, Glory, Laudable, Laudatory, Lauder

Definition of Extol

1. v. t. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

Definition of Extol

1. Verb. to praise; to make high ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extol

1. to praise highly [v -TOLLED, -TOLLING, -TOLS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extol

extirpation
extirpations
extirpative
extirpator
extirpators
extirpatory
extirped
extirper
extirpers
extirping
extirps
extispicies
extispicious
extispicy
extogenous
extol (current term)
extold
extoll
extolled
extoller
extollers
extolling
extollingly
extolls
extolment
extolments
extols
extorsion
extorsions
extorsive

Literary usage of Extol

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The principles of English grammar by Lennie, William, 1779-1852, William Lennie (1864)
"... thus,—She began to extol the farmer's, as she called him, excellent understanding; should le, She . began to extol the excellent understanding of the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... U, 340, 482. cal writings seems to have been to extol the dignity and glory of France and her kings. Thus, he delivered in Rome in 1628 a panegyric in ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Dryden may not be strictly fair when he addressed his enemy as "thou last great prophet of tautology," and makes Flecknoe extol him because "he never ..."

4. The Psalms and Hymns: With the Catechism, Confession of Faith and Liturgy of by Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston (1814)
"1 "I" WILL extol thee, Lord, on high, -•- At thy command diseases fly : Who, but a God, can speak, and save From the dark borders of the grave ? ..."

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