| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ex·tol |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   k-st l |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ex·toll |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ex·tolled also ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling, ex·toll·ing, ex·tols, ex·tolls
To praise highly; exalt. See synonyms at praise. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English extollen, from Latin extollere, to lift up, praise : ex-, up from; see ex– + tollere, to lift; see tel - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ex·toller —NOUN
ex·tolment —NOUN
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