different between praise vs obeisance
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
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Antonyms
- blame
- criticize
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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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obeisance
English
Alternative forms
- obeisaunce, obeissance, abaisance (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboedire, obedire; ob- (“to, for”) + audire (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o??be?s?ns/, /o??bi?s?ns/, /??be?s?ns/, /??bi?s?ns/
- Hyphenation: o?bei?sance
- Rhymes: -e?s?ns
Noun
obeisance (countable and uncountable, plural obeisances)
- Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- But looking upwards in the blaze of the moon I suddenly saw colossi sitting near, and towering up and blotting out the stars and filling the night with blackness; and at those idols’ feet I saw praying and making obeisance kings and the days that are and all times and all cities and all nations and all their gods.
- 1962, J. L. Austin, How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition), p. 69:
- The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.
- 1915, Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales:
- An obedient attitude.
Usage notes
- Usually in the phrases do obeisance or make obeisance.
Translations
See also
- kiss someone's ring
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