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   Word of the Day for Tueday March 5, 2002:

   extol \ik-STOHL\, transitive verb:
   To praise highly; to glorify; to [1]exalt.

     The  processes  of  nature,  which  most  writers  extol as
     symbols  of  renewal  and  eternal  life,  were always seen
     darkly by Kerouac.
     --Ellis Amburn, [2]Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of
     Jack Kerouac

     Let your deeds themselves praise you, for here I leave them
     in all their glory, lacking words to extol them.
     --Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha

     Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
     How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
     --Arthur   Christopher   Benson,   Song   from   Pomp   and
     Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar
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   Extol derives from Latin extollere, "to lift up, praise," from
   ex-, "up from" + tollere, "to lift up, elevate."

References

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   2. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312145314/ref%3Dnosim/lexico


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