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Praise   /preɪz/   Listen
noun
Praise  n.  
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." 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."
Synonyms: Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim; eclat; commendation; laudation.


verb
Praise  v. t.  (past & past part. praised; pres. part. praising)  
1.
To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." "Let her own works praise her in the gates." "We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe."
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!"
3.
To value; to appraise. (Obs.)
Synonyms: 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.





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"Praise" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed to be a little superior to the rest, judging by the deference and courtesy they showed him above what existed among themselves, and he, amiable and pleasant always, laughed good-naturedly at their words of praise, and little insinuations of assumed jealousy. They had come down to this quiet village on a "jamboree," and we all know more or less what students mean by that. It would be both unnecessary and uninteresting however to give an account in detail of these young fellows' adventures during their ...
— Honor Edgeworth • Vera
... murmured Grace; "but he looks thin, Mattie. Perhaps I ought to be here, as he wants me; but I shall never keep his house as beautifully as you have done. Mother would be astonished if she saw it." And this piece of well-deserved praise went far to console Mattie ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey
... remarked Mrs. Hartley. "Except towards Raffaelle, perhaps. But think of what he said of Santa Maria Novella, that it was beautiful as a bride, and that the Baptistery gates were worthy of Paradise. It is only the great who can afford to praise ...
— Name and Fame - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant
... arts, and well we know how to use them be it for good or ill. But we know full well what the limits are. And if men know it not, it is more their blindness than our skill that keeps them in ignorance. And if they give us more praise and wonder than we merit, do they not also give us hatred and enmity in like meed? Have we not gone through fire and sword when men have risen up against us and called us sorcerers? Have we not suffered for our reputation; and do we not therefore deserve to wear it ...
— The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn - A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot • Evelyn Everett-Green
... to fire, the cheek to pale: My life is in my books: the record there, A truthful photograph, is all I choose To give the world of self; nor will excuse Mine own or others' failures: glad to spare From blame of mine, or praise, both friends and foes, Leaving unwritten ...
— My Life as an Author • Martin Farquhar Tupper


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