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EXTOLD
Verb
extold
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of extol
Source: Wiktionary
EXTOL
Ex*tol", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extolled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Extolling.] Etym: [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See Tollerate, and cf. Flate.]
1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.] Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. Beau.
2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person. Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus Shak.
Syn.
– To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See Praise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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