extol
to praise
TRANSLATION
extol = jdn./etw. hoch loben, preisen, rühmen, besingen, erheben --- GOOGLE INDEX extol: approximately 1,300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Americans want vigorous government even as they EXTOL limited government.
(Forbes magazine)
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An advert EXTOLLING the health benefits of tea has been criticised by advertising watchdogs for making exaggerated claims.
(BBC News)
(Forbes magazine)
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An advert EXTOLLING the health benefits of tea has been criticised by advertising watchdogs for making exaggerated claims.
(BBC News)
Did you
know?
extol
verb
- to praise something or someone very much
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Extol is a 14th century word from the Latin "extollere," to place on high, raise, elevate. It's formed from ex (up) and tollere (to raise). Tollere is from the Proto-Indo-European "tele" meaning to bear or carry.
It has several cognates including the Greek "talantos" (bearing, suffering) and the Latin "tolerare" (to bear or support), which is also the root of the English tolerant. Even the great Atlas is tied to the root of the term extol.
Atlas, the son of Iapetus and Clymene, was supposed to uphold the pillars of heaven, which was his punishment for being the war leader of the Titans in the struggle with the Olympian gods. The name in Greek probably means something similar to "The Bearer (of the heavens)," from the prefix "a" and the PIE root "tele" (to lift, support).
The figurative sense of raising someone or something up in praise was first recorded in the 16th century. A very common use of the term is found in the phrase "extolling the virtues," which means to praise the good qualities of someone or something.
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SYNONYMS
acclaim, celebrate, exalt, glorify, hail, laud, make much of, pay tribute to, praise, sing the praises of
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"Health authorities have long extolled the benefits regular exercise."
verb
- to praise something or someone very much
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Extol is a 14th century word from the Latin "extollere," to place on high, raise, elevate. It's formed from ex (up) and tollere (to raise). Tollere is from the Proto-Indo-European "tele" meaning to bear or carry.
It has several cognates including the Greek "talantos" (bearing, suffering) and the Latin "tolerare" (to bear or support), which is also the root of the English tolerant. Even the great Atlas is tied to the root of the term extol.
Atlas, the son of Iapetus and Clymene, was supposed to uphold the pillars of heaven, which was his punishment for being the war leader of the Titans in the struggle with the Olympian gods. The name in Greek probably means something similar to "The Bearer (of the heavens)," from the prefix "a" and the PIE root "tele" (to lift, support).
The figurative sense of raising someone or something up in praise was first recorded in the 16th century. A very common use of the term is found in the phrase "extolling the virtues," which means to praise the good qualities of someone or something.
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SYNONYMS
acclaim, celebrate, exalt, glorify, hail, laud, make much of, pay tribute to, praise, sing the praises of
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Health authorities have long extolled the benefits regular exercise."
