LAUD

laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim

(verb) praise, glorify, or honor; “extol the virtues of one’s children”; “glorify one’s spouse’s cooking”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laud (countable and uncountable, plural lauds)

Praise or glorification.

Hymn of praise.

(in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.

Verb

laud (third-person singular simple present lauds, present participle lauding, simple past and past participle lauded)

(transitive, intransitive) to praise, to glorify

Anagrams

• Auld, Daul, Dula, auld, dual, udal

Source: Wiktionary


Laud, n. Etym: [L. laus, laudis. See Laud, v. i.]

1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. "Laud be to God." Shak. So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. Tyndals.

2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl.

Note: In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called lauds.

3. Music or singing in honor of any one.

Laud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lauding.] Etym: [L.laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf. Allow.]

Definition: To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol. With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. Book of Common Prayer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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