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belaud en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /bɪˈlɔːd/ (UK)
  • /bɪˈlɔd/ (US)
  • /bɪˈlɑd/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

From be- + laud.

Meanings

  1. (rare, transitive) To load with praise; praise greatly; extol.
    • Not, I am bound to say, that Lindsay was belauding his own prowess. But, what was worse, he appeared a centre of enormous interest to the men around him. 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
belauds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
belauded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
belauded Tense=Past lexicographic
belauding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

belauder · belauded

Synonyms

enthrone · transfigure · exalt · honor · belaud · eulogize · panegyrize · speak well of · venerate · cry up · lionize · glorify · commend · worthy · laud · aggrandize · bepraise · appraise · praise · magnify · applaud · idolize · revere · puff · laud · exalt · extol · panegyrize

Translations (2)

mi whakarangaranga (Translations) · sv lovsjunga (Translations)