praise

• enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:praise

   Antonym: blame

   The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.

   You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.

   She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.

   dim praise

2. Worship, glorification, adoration.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:worship

   praise of God

   • 1611, “Psalm 150:6”, in King James Bible:

     Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

1. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

   Synonyms: exalt, applaud, extol, salute; see also Thesaurus:glorify, Thesaurus:to worship

   Antonym: blame

   Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.

   Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.

• “praise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “praise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Pearis, Persia, perais, Parise, Paresi, Paries, aspire, spirea, paires, paries, Arispe

praise

1. inflection of pras:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

praise f

1. genitive singular of prais