praise

English Online Dictionary. What means praise‎? What does praise mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/
• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

Etymology 1

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

Noun

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:praise

   Antonym: blame

2. Worship.

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Etymology 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”).

Verb

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

1. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

Conjugation

Antonyms

• blame

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Further reading

• “praise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “praise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pearis, Persia, perais, Parise, Paresi, Paries, aspire, spirea, paires, paries, Arispe

Irish

Adjective

praise

1. inflection of pras:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

praise f

1. genitive singular of prais