extol
pronunciation
How to pronounce extol in British English:
UK [ɪkˈstəʊl]
How to pronounce extol in American English:
US [ɪkˈstoʊl]
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- Verb:
- praise, glorify, or honor
Word Origin
- extol
- extol: see tolerate
- 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 *tele- "to bear, carry," "with derivatives referring to measured weights and thence money and payment" [Watkins]. Cognates include Greek talantos "bearing, suffering," tolman "to carry, bear," telamon "broad strap for bearing something," talenton "a balance, pair of scales," 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.
Example
- 1. This is one of the arguments used to extol the merits of private equity , which relies heavily on debt finance .
- 2. In the name of free markets , we created a monster that threatens to destroy the very free markets we extol .
- 3. Prime minister meles zenawi made a state visit to china last week to extol investment opportunities .
- 4. Some foreigners may extol china 's handling of the global financial crisis , but mr wen has stuck to his guns .
- 5. Virtuous financiers will extol the importance of making a difference through impact investing .