Praise , n. [OE.
preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See Praise, v., Price.]
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. &fist; 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.
Deut. x.&?;&?;. Syn. -- Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim; eclat; commendation; laudation.
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.
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.
Dryden.
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.]
Piers Plowman.
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.
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