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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To praise highly; exalt. See Synonyms at praise.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To raise aloft; set on high; elevate.
  2. To speak in laudatory terms of; praise strongly; eulogize: as, to extol the virtues or the exploits of a person.
  3. Synonyms Applaud, etc. (see praise, v.); laud, commend, celebrate, glorify, exalt.

Wiktionary

  1. v. to praise; to make high

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. obsolete To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
  2. v. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. praise, glorify, or honor

Etymologies

  1. From Latin extollere - "to elevate, raise high"; ultimately based on the P.I.E. root "*tel-", "*tol-" - "to bear, carry". (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English extollen, from Latin extollere, to lift up, praise : ex-, up from; see ex- + tollere, to lift; see telə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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