PRAISED
Verb
praised
simple past tense and past participle of praise
Anagrams
• Piedras, aperids, aspired, despair, diapers, pre-AIDS
Source: Wiktionary
PRAISE
Praise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Praised; p. pr. & vb. n. Praising.] Etym:
[OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize,
fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n.,
Prize, v.]
1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; --
applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." Chaucer.
Let her own works praise her in the gates. Prov. xxxi. 31.
We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't
is hard to praise a foe. Dryden.
2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of
perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the
excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps.
cxlviii. 2.
3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Syn.
– To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify.
– To Praise, Applaud, Extol. To praise is to set at high price; to
applaud is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to
exalt. We may praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually
applaud from impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol
under the influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not
extravagant, language.
Praise, n. Etym: [OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value,
estimation. See Praise, v., Price.]
1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because
of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the
practice. Rambler.
Note: Praise may be expressed by an individual, and thus differs from
fame, renown, and celebrity, which are always the expression of the
approbation of numbers, or public commendation.
2. Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to
the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator;
worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and
other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.
3. The object, ground, or reason of praise.
He is thy praise, and he is thy God. Deut. x.
Syn.
– Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim;
eclat; commendation; laudation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition