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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

praise / prāz/ • v. [tr.] express warm approval or admiration of: we can't praise Chris enough—he did a brilliant job. ∎  express one's respect and gratitude toward (a deity), esp. in song: we praise God for past blessings. • n. the expression of approval or admiration for someone or something: the audience was full of praise for the whole production. ∎  the expression of respect and gratitude as an act of worship: give praise to God. PHRASES: praise be archaic used as an expression of relief, joy, or gratitude. sing the praises of express enthusiastic approval or admiration of (someone or something): Uncle Felix never stopped singing her praises.DERIVATIVES: praise·ful / -fəl/ adj.

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-Ologies and -Isms | 1986 | Copyright

326. Praise

See also 210. HONORS and REGALIA .

dyslogy
a written or spoken passage conveying disapproval or censure. Cf. eulogy. —dyslogist, n. —dyslogistic, dyslogistical, adj.
encomium
formal praise; an elaborate or ceremonial panegyric or eulogy. —encomiast, n. —encomiastic, adj.
eulogy
a written or spoken passage conveying approval, praise, and laudation, often of someone who has just died. Cf. dyslogy —eulogistic, eulogistical, adj. —eulogist, n.
panegyric
1. a formal speech of praise.
2. any form of enthusiastic praise. —panegyric, panegyrical, adj. —panegyrist, n.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

praise praise the child, and you make love to the mother proverbial saying, early 19th century, playing on maternal pride.
sing the praises of express enthusiastic approval or admiration of.

See also damn with faint praise.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

praise vb. XIII. — OF. preisier price, value, praise:- late L. pretiāre, f. L. pretium price.
Hence sb. XV; whence praiseworthy XVI.
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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

praise In the OT and NT worship, the act of ascribing glory to God (Ps. 113; Acts 2: 47).
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

praise •ablaze, amaze, appraise, baize, Blaise, blaze, braise, broderie anglaise, chaise, craze, daze, écossaise, erase, faze, gaze, glaze, graze, Hayes, Hays, haze, laze, liaise, lyonnaise, maize, malaise, Marseillaise, mayonnaise, Mays, maze, phase, phrase, polonaise, praise, prase, raise, raze, upraise •nowadays • polyphase • multiphase •stargaze • amylase • periclase •underglaze • manes • lipase •catchphrase •conquistadores, mores, señores •polymerase • paraphrase •chrysoprase • lactase • equites •Gervaise • endways • edgeways •eques • breadthways • lengthways •leastways • widthways • anyways •sideways • longways • crossways •always

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