US /ɪkˈstoʊl/ UK /ɪkˈstəʊl/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to praise enthusiastically and highly

    Reviewers extolled the virtues of the new symphony.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to praise enthusiastically... praiselaudglorifyexaltacclaimcelebrateeulogize
Word family
Derived forms extolmentextoller
Related forms extollation

Etymology

From Latin extollere ('to lift up, exalt, praise'), from ex- ('up, out') + tollere ('to raise, lift').

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