extol

[ik-stohl, -stol] /ɪkˈstoʊl, -ˈstɒl/
verb (used with object), extolled, extolling.
1.
to praise highly; laud; eulogize:
to extol the beauty of Naples.
Also, extoll.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English extollen < Latin extollere to lift up, raise, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + tollere to lift, raise up
Related forms
extoller, noun
extollingly, adverb
extolment, extollment, noun
self-extolled, adjective
superextol, verb (used with object), superextolled, superextolling.
superextoll, verb (used with object)
unextolled, adjective
Synonyms
glorify, exalt, celebrate.
Antonyms
disparage.
Examples from the web for extol
  • Inevitably, he began to speak to us about the revolution and to extol its achievements.
  • Let the meek extol the virtues of mild-mannered cultivated leeks.
  • There are a number of sites that extol the virtues of cooking with frozen peas.
  • But most of what we need to know about her is in the poems, which extol a love of nature, plants and gardening.
  • So fulsomely did he extol his fellow academy officers that the meal itself had to be delayed.
  • Recent devotees extol the virtues of undercooked kale.
  • We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times.
  • They ceased not to extol and to envy their friend's good fortune.
  • While the editors will explain products, the personal shoppers will extol them.
  • We condemn vice and extol virtue only through interest.
British Dictionary definitions for extol

extol

/ɪkˈstəʊl/
verb -tols, -tolling, -tolled (US) -tolls, -tolling, -tolled
1.
(transitive) to praise lavishly; exalt
Derived Forms
extoller, noun
extollingly, adverb
extolment, noun
Word Origin
C15: from Latin extollere to elevate, from tollere to raise
Word Origin and History for extol
v.

also extoll, c.1400, "to lift up," from Latin extollere "to place on high, raise, elevate," figuratively "to exalt, praise," from ex- "up" (see ex-) + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (cf. Greek talantos "bearing, suffering," tolman "to carry, bear," telamon "broad strap for bearing something," Atlas "the 'Bearer' of Heaven;" Lithuanian tiltas "bridge;" Sanskrit tula "balance," tulayati "lifts up, weighs;" Latin tolerare "to bear, support," latus "borne;" Old English þolian "to endure;" Armenian tolum "I allow"). Figurative sense of "praise highly" in English is first attested c.1500. Related: Extolled; extolling.