Praise /(?)/

Praise

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Praised; p. pr. & vb. n. Praising

  1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
    Let her own works praise her in the gates.
    — Prov. xxxi. 31.
    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!
    — Ps. cxlviii. 2.
  3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.]
Syn. -- 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.

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.
    — Rambler.
  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.
    — Deut. x. 21.