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praising
(encz) | praising,chválení n: Zdeněk Brož |
praising
(encz) | praising,chvályhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Praising
(gcide) | Praise \Praise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Praised; p. pr. & vb. n.
Praising.] [OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser,
L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and
cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., Prize, v.]
1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to
laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well
thy wit." --Chaucer.
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Let her own works praise her in the gates. --Prov.
xxxi. 31.
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We praise not Hector, though his name, we know,
Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe.
--Dryden.
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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.
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Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all
his hosts! --Ps. cxlviii.
2.
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3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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Syn: To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify.
Usage: 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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praising
(wn) | praising
adj 1: full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark" [syn:
laudatory, praiseful, praising] |
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appraising
(mass) | appraising
- ocenenie |
appraising
(encz) | appraising,ocenění Pavel Cvrček |
praising
(encz) | praising,chválení n: Zdeněk Brožpraising,chvályhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
praisingly
(encz) | praisingly, |
reappraising
(encz) | reappraising, |
Appraising
(gcide) | Appraise \Ap*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appraised; p. pr. &
vb. n. Appraising.] [Pref. ad- + praise. See Praise,
Price, Apprize, Appreciate.]
1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by
persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods
and chattels.
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2. To estimate; to conjecture.
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Enoch . . . appraised his weight. --Tennyson.
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3. To praise; to commend. [Obs.] --R. Browning.
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Appraised the Lycian custom. --Tennyson.
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Note: In the United States, this word is often pronounced,
and sometimes written, apprize.
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Dispraising
(gcide) | Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier,
despreisier, F. d['e]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier,
F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf.
Disprize, Depreciate.]
To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or
some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
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Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer.
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I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked
might not fall in love with him. --Shak.
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Dispraisingly
(gcide) | Dispraisingly \Dis*praising*ly\, adv.
By way of dispraise.
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Overpraising
(gcide) | Overpraising \O`ver*prais"ing\, n.
The act of praising unduly; excessive praise. --Milton.
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appraising
(wn) | appraising
adj 1: exercising or involving careful evaluations; "looked him
over with an appraising eye"; "the literary judge uses
many evaluative terms" [syn: appraising(a),
evaluative] |
praising
(wn) | praising
adj 1: full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark" [syn:
laudatory, praiseful, praising] |
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