Definition of Overpraise

1. Verb. Praise excessively.

Generic synonyms: Exaggerate, Overdo

Definition of Overpraise

1. v. t. To praise excessively or unduly.

Definition of Overpraise

1. Verb. To praise to an excessive degree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overpraise

1. [v -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpraise

overpotential
overpotentials
overpour
overpoured
overpouring
overpours
overpower
overpowered
overpowerer
overpowerers
overpowerest
overpowereth
overpowering
overpoweringly
overpowers
overpraise (current term)
overpraised
overpraises
overpraising
overprecious
overprecise
overpredict
overpredicted
overpredicting
overpredicts
overpreparation
overprepare
overprepared
overprepares
overpreparing

Literary usage of Overpraise

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

1. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"shown once or twice a piece of literary criticism that it would be hard to overpraise. i $th.—The news that to-day is Hospital Saturday in Southsea was ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Be on the carpet* Be under consideration, be upon suppose, imagine, fancy, apprehend, deem, ween, Be p raise, va Puff, overpraise. See BELAUD. ..."

3. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"overpraise of Article ... and not at all depreciate the subject-matter of the baron the pretence. gain, the vendor indulges in overpraise 4 Reg. i'. ..."

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