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praise
English
Etymology
From Middle English praisen, preisen, borrowed from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin preti? (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Middle English lofen, loven (“to praise”) (from Old English lofian, compare Middle English and Old English lof (“praise”), see love, lofe, loff), Middle English herien (“to praise, glorify, celebrate”) (from Old English herian), Middle English rosen (“to praise, glorify”) (from Old Norse hrósa).
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?z, IPA(key): /p?e?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophones: prays, preys
Noun
praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)
- commendation; favourable representation in words
- worship
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:praise
Antonyms
- blame
- criticize
- See Thesaurus:praise
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)
- To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
Antonyms
- blame
Derived terms
- overpraise
- underpraise
- unpraised
Translations
Further reading
- praise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- praise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, paries, spirea
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
praise f
- genitive singular of prais
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exaltation
English
Etymology
From French exaltation, from Latin exalt?ti? (“exaltation, elevation”), from exalt? (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.?z?l.?te?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations)
- The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
- The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
- (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- (rare) The collective noun for larks.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 192:
- In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
- 2005, Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai, iUniverse (2005), ?ISBN, page 83:
- “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
- 2005, Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond, Random House (2006), ?ISBN, page 232:
- It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:exaltation.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 192:
- (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin exalt?ti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
exaltation f (plural exaltations)
- exaltation
Related terms
- exalter
Further reading
- “exaltation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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