Syn. -- To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify. -- To
Praise, Applaud, Extol. To praise is to set at high price; to applaud
is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to exalt. We may
praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually applaud from
impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol under the
influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not
extravagant, language.
Praise, n. [OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See
Praise, v., Price.] 1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed;
honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the
practice.
Rambler.
Praise may be expressed by an individual, and thus differs from fame,
renown, and celebrity, which are always the expression of the
approbation of numbers, or public commendation.
2. Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to
the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator;
worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and
other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.