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A panegyric. B. Jonson.

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  • PRAISEWORTHINESS
    The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
  • LAVISHNESS
    The quality or state of being lavish.
  • LAVISHER
    One who lavishes.
  • EULOGISTIC; EULOGISTICAL
    Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
  • PRAISER
    1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
  • PRAISEMENT
    Appraisement.
  • PRAISELESS
    Without praise or approbation.
  • COMMENDATORY
    1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer , a prayer read over the dying. "The
  • ENCOMIASTIC
    A panegyric. B. Jonson.
  • PRAISEWORTHILY
    In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.
  • PRAISE
    fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., 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.
  • ENCOMIASTIC; ENCOMIASTICAL
    Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
  • LAVISHMENT
    The act of lavishing.
  • PRAISE-MEETING
    A religious service mainly in song.
  • LAVISH
    1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise. 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak. Syn. -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant;
  • LAVISHLY
    In a lavish manner.
  • PRAISEFUL
    Praiseworthy.
  • LAUDATORY
    Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.
  • PRAISEWORTHY
    Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.
  • COMPLIMENTARY
    Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "Complimentary addresses." Prescott.
  • APPRAISER
    One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
  • SLAVISH
    Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.
  • OVERPRAISE
    To praise excessively or unduly.
  • RECOMMENDATORY
    Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
  • SUPERPRAISE
    To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.
  • OVERLAVISH
    Lavish to excess.
  • APPRAISE
    1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. 2. To estimate; to conjecture. Enoch . . . appraised his weight. Tennyson. 3. To praise; to commend. R. Browning.
  • PANEGYRIC; PANEGYRICAL
    Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv. Some of his odes are panegyrical. Dryden. (more info) panhgyrico`s, from pa^, pa^n all +
  • DISPRAISER
    One who blames or dispraises.
  • APPRAISEMENT
    The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.

 

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