praise

noun
/pɹeɪz/

Etymology

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”).

  1. derived from pretiō
  2. derived from proisier
  3. inherited from praisen

Definitions

  1. Commendation

    Commendation; favourable representation in words.

    • 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.
  2. Worship, glorification, adoration.

    • praise of God
    • Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.
  3. To give praise to

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

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at praise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at praise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at praise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA