Extol Definition

ekstōl, ekstäl; ikstōl, ikstäl
extolled, extolling, extolls, extols
verb
extolled, extolling, extols
To praise highly; laud.
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Origin of Extol

  • Middle English extollen from Latin extollere to lift up, praise ex- up from ex– tollere to lift telə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Latin extollō ("elevate, raise high"); ultimately based on the Proto-Indo-European root *tel-, *tol- (“to bear, carry”).

    From Wiktionary

Extol Sentence Examples

  • The writer can not come up with a page that does not extol the virtues of brand name shopping.

  • While some financial experts extol the virtues of an investment account sheltered under a life insurance policy, others stress that a simple term life insurance policy is the best option and investments should be kept separate.

  • But in the same breath, they'll extol its virtues at great length.

  • It is a weakness of conservative critics to extol interpretation (or exegesis) at the expense of emendation.

  • It is true that his French panegyrists (and he is not himself free from censure on this score) are unjust in their estimate of Smith as an expositor and extol too highly the merits of Say.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXT

Words Ending With

LOLTOL

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Words Starting With E and Ending With L

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