Extol \Ex*tol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extolling}.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See {Tollerate}, and cf. {Flate}.] 1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. --Beau. & Fl.
2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus? --Shak.
Syn: To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See {Praise}.
Lexus officials extol the importance of this by rapping the stuff with a screwdriver, producing a thud instead of a metallic ping.
And with a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, he led a delegation to Las Vegas earlier this year to attend the annual trade show of the diving-equipment manufacturers' association to extol Vanuatu as a diving destination.
But I hope you know, I go on about these things not simply to extol the virtues of my own country, but to speak to the true greatness of the heart and soul of your land.
Others extol the packaging.
"Florida officals have been finding as many national and state forums as possible to extol the virtues of what they did," says Constance Heckman, executive director of the Washington-based American Legislative Exchange Council.
You extol the success of cruise missiles in Desert Storm and ask why buy the B-2 "when other systems can do a similar job for a fraction of the cost?"
ADJACENT election posters in the heart of Luanda extol the virtues of war-time rivals Jose Eduardo dos Santos and Jonas Savimbi.
Boesky made no such statement when he pleaded guilty three years ago to one felony and agreed to pay $100 million in penalties. There was no horde of supporters, no business associates ready to extol his virtues.