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To celebrate loudly; to extol; to praise. [Obs.] In fable, hymn, or song so personating Their gods ridiculous. Milton.

A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow.

Something worthy of praise. [Obs.] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan.

Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Applauding; manifesting praise. Young.

te of being portly; dignity of mien or of personal appearance; stateliness. Such pride is praise; such portliness is honor. Spenser.

n; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely. His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper.

Fit to be praised; praise-worthy; laudable; commendable. Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 15).

n, or series of preliminary remarks. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. Heaven's high behest no preface needs. Milton.

Too valuable to admit of being appraised; of inestimable worth; invaluable.

A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. [Obs.] "To prick of highest praise forth to advance." Spenser.

ed of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. Ps. cxlii. 7. The tyrant Æolus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. Dryden.

To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate. A goodly price that I was prized at. Zech. xi. 13. I prize it [life] not a straw, but for mine honor. Shak.

One who estimates or sets the value of a thing; an appraiser. Shak.

ne who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.

A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God. Humus devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly. Milton.

A stringed instrument of music used by the Hebrews, the form of which is not known. Praise the Lord with harp; sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Ps. xxxiii. 2.

egation of people; as, an author's public. The public is more disposed to censure than to praise. Addison.

ten a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. And solid pudding against empty praise. Pope.

An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal. Puff adder. (Zoöl.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera, or Clotho, arietans…