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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.