Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to praise
Participle: praised
Gerund: praising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | praise |
| you | praise |
| he;she;it | praises |
| we | praise |
| you | praise |
| they | praise |
Perfect
| I | have praised |
| you | have praised |
| he;she;it | has praised |
| we | have praised |
| you | have praised |
| they | have praised |
Past
| I | praised |
| you | praised |
| he;she;it | praised |
| we | praised |
| you | praised |
| they | praised |
Pluperfect
| I | had praised |
| you | had praised |
| he;she;it | had praised |
| we | had praised |
| you | had praised |
| they | had praised |
Future
| I | will praise |
| you | will praise |
| he;she;it | will praise |
| we | will praise |
| you | will praise |
| they | will praise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have praised |
| you | will have praised |
| he;she;it | will have praised |
| we | will have praised |
| you | will have praised |
| they | will have praised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | praise |
| you | praise |
| he;she;it | praise |
| we | praise |
| you | praise |
| they | praise |
Perfect
| I | have praised |
| you | have praised |
| he;she;it | have praised |
| we | have praised |
| you | have praised |
| they | have praised |
Imperfect
| I | praised |
| you | praised |
| he;she;it | praised |
| we | praised |
| you | praised |
| they | praised |
Pluperfect
| I | had praised |
| you | had praised |
| he;she;it | had praised |
| we | had praised |
| you | had praised |
| they | had praised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would praise |
| you | would praise |
| he;she;it | would praise |
| we | would praise |
| you | would praise |
| they | would praise |
Perfect
| I | would have praised |
| you | would have praised |
| he;she;it | would have praised |
| we | would have praised |
| you | would have praised |
| they | would have praised |
Imperative
| you | praise |
| we | Let's praise |
| you | praise |
Verbs conjugated like 'praise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'praise'
araise,
braise,
fraise,
praize,
prayse,
prise,
raise,
upraise,
appraise,
Arabise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- commend
- cite, admire, applaud, compliment, approve, cheer, flatter, celebrate
- glorify
- adore, bless, hymn, exalt, panegyrize, honor, magnify
Antonyms
- to hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult
- commend, compliment, flatter, laud, revere, talk up, offend
- to try to diminish the reputation of
- stand up for, defame
- commend
- blame, censure, rebuke, reprimand
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1225, from O.Fr.
preisier "to praise, value," from L.L.
preciare, earlier
pretiare (c.550, see price). Replaced O.E.
lof, hreþ. The noun is attested from c.1430, not common until 16c. Now a verb in most Gmc. langs. (Ger.
preis, Dan.
pris, etc.), but only in Eng. is it differentiated in form from cognate
price.
Praiseworthy is first recorded 1538.
2. 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”).
Verbs referencing "praise"
Italian
pregiare.
Sample Sentences
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[...] self, dis blessed mornin ’, when I bring in Mas’r's shaving-water. She sent me to see why Lizy didn't come to dress her; and when I telled her she was off, she jest ris up, and ses she, ‘The Lord be praised; ’ and Mas’r, he seemed rael mad, and ses he, ‘Wife, you talk like a fool. ’ But Lor ! she'll bring him to ! I knows well enough how that'll be,—it's allers best to stand Missis ’ side the fence, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] utmost courtesy could suggest. Nothing was concealed or hidden from my view, and every piece of information that I sought, was openly and frankly given. The perfect order of the building cannot be praised too highly, and of the excellent motives of all who are immediately concerned in the administration of the system, there can be no kind of question.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This led us to speak of Mr. Catlin 's gallery, which he praised highly: observing that his own portrait was among the collection, and that all the likenesses were ‘elegant. ’ Mr. Cooper, he said, had painted the Red Man well; and so would I, he knew, if I would [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There is one American boat—the vessel which carried us on Lake Champlain, from St. John 's to Whitehall—which I praise very highly, but no more than it deserves, when I say that it is superior even to that in which we went from Queenston to Toronto, or to that in which we travelled from the latter place to Kingston, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and soon was gone again. Whenever it came back, the eyes of all on board, brightened and sparkled like itself: and there we all stood, watching this revolving light upon the rock at Holyhead, and praising it for its brightness and its friendly warning, and lauding it, in short, above all other signal lights that ever were displayed, until it once more glimmered faintly in the distance, far behind us.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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CHAPTER XXXIV The Quadroon’s Story And behold the tears of such as are oppressed; and on the side of their oppressors there was power. Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive.—ECCL. 4:1.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] I am ! Well, I was brought up in luxury; the first I remember is, playing about, when I was a child, in splendid parlors,—when I was kept dressed up like a doll, and company and visitors used to praise me. There was a garden opening from the saloon windows; and there I used to play hide-and-go-seek, under the orange-trees, with my brothers and sisters. I went to a convent, and there I learned [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)