Praise: alternatives and connections

To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to…

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To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.

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To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

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To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

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An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting;…

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To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

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To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

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To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

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To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

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One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

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To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.

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To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.

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High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory.

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To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

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A pustule; a pimple.

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imp. of Rive.

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To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a fav…

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To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

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A short poem, -- usually amatory.

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A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch.

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To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

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Approbation; sanction.

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To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

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A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.

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An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting;…

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Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.

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A formal eulogy.

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A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.

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Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or…

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To praise excessively or unduly.

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An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

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An oration or eulogy in praise of some person or achievement; a formal or elaborate encomium; a laudatory discourse; laudation. See Synonym of Eulogy.

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One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or.

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The act of recommending.

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Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the…

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A writing or certificate which bears testimony in favor of one's character, good conduct, ability, etc., or of the value of a thing.

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Praise.

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Praise.

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Praise.

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Glory; fame; renown; praise.

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