Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extol"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extol \Ex*tol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Extolling}.] [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.? Fl.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extol
v : praise, glorify, or honor: "extol the virtues of one's
children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud},
{exalt}, {glorify}, {proclaim}]
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