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One who praises; a panegyrist. Locke.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving.

To exert one's self; to work for a certain end. And such were praised who but endeavored well. Pope.

ied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem. Shak.

ethics; medical ethics. The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor.

Bestowing praise of eulogy; commendatory; eulogistic. [R.] -- Eu*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.]

One who eulogizes or praises; panegyrist; encomiast. Buckle.

Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.

To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill.

A sworn appraiser.

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.

One who extols; one who praises.

Praise. [Obs.] Shak.

Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse. There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses. Addison.

To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle. When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. Shak. A man that flattereth his neighbor, spr…