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Definition: Praise |
PraiseNoun1. An expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work". 2. Offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God". Verb1. Express praise for. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "praise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Praise - It is important to encourage children to learn and experience. Sincere praise builds self-esteem, gives motivation and encourages further learning.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Praise."
Synonyms: PraiseSynonyms: congratulations (n), kudos (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: criticize (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Approbation | Commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium; eloge, panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison. |
Commend, belaud, praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute, bepraise; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate, encore; panegyrize, eulogize, cry up, proner, puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter; bless, give a blessing to; have a good word for, say a good word for; speak well of, speak highly of, speak in high terms of; sing the praises of, sound the praises of, chaunt the praises of; resound the praises of; sing praises to; cheer to the echo, applaud to the echo, applaud to the very echo, cheer to the very echo. | |
Gratitude | Thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum; (worship); grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering. |
Worship | Thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion. |
Return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Praise |
| Specialty definitions using "praise": Accord, Amiel, Anacreon ♦ BASEBALL, Big Ups ♦ Choriambic Metre, Comet Wine, Condign', Cooper's Hill, Crack Up a Person ♦ Damn with Faint Praise, Dances ♦ Eulogy ♦ FOLLY, FOREORDINATION, Friar Tuck ♦ Gild the Pill, Give, GRAPE ♦ Hobbinol ♦ IMMODEST ♦ LAUD, Lips, Log-rolling Criticism ♦ miss thang ♦ None ♦ Queen's Day ♦ Schizoid Personality Disorder, smurf, sycophant ♦ the bomb ♦ Unix weenie ♦ virtual beer. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "praise": Maker. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Praise the Lord, the South has risen again (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox) The winner will be showered with praise. The loser will be taunted and booed until my throat is sore (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It isn't easy remaining calm in the face of excessive praise from The Daily Telegraph (Carrington; writing credit: Christopher Hampton; Michael Holroyd) I'm cured! Praise god (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) There is only one god. All praise and honor be to allah (Varsity Blues; writing credit: W. Peter Iliff) | |
Lyrics | I will praise you till I die ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) I ain't looking for praise or pity (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Praise with elation, praise every morning (Morning Has Broken; performing artist: Cat Stevens) Just to sing and praise the Lord (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley) You're all I'm thinkin' of, I praise the Lord above (All My Life; performing artist: K-C & JOJO) | |
Clever | Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself. (references; author: unknown) A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In Praise of Hands (1974) Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1970) The Praise Agent (1919) Praise House (1991) Songs of Praise (1991) | |
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![]() | Tells patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, to "get a laugh out of life", as he addressed them informally during a visit in June 1943. The Secretary gave special praise to the men in the audience who had fought on Guadalcanal. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Photograph taken circa 1942-43. He is credited with originating the phrase "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" while encouraging sailors in action during the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941. Soon thereafter, it became the title and theme of a popular song. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | They made a gallant fight, Mr. Secretary, and I'm glad to see these expressions of praise. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!?". Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | "Victory through Christ" Society holding its Sunday Morning Revival in a garage. Dos Palos, California. Testimony: "He's such a wonderful savior, Glory to God. I'm so glad I came to home. Praise God. His love is so wonderful. He's coming soon. I want to p. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Writing a nursery rhyme in praise of Peking. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Praise of dialectics : today injustice strides forth with a sure step ... and never becomes--even today!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Applause; applaud; acclaim; praise; praising; bravo; performance; show; clapping; claps; clap. | Hallelujah; choir; church; chapel; religion; religious; praise; joy; lord; god; worship. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. |
Catherine II of Russia | I praise loudly, I blame softly. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Usually we praise only to be praised. |
John Florio | Praise the sea; on shore remain. |
Lord Acton | Praise is the shipwreck of historians. |
Pope | The villain's censure is extorted praise. |
Quintilian | We give to necessity the praise of virtue. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Blame is safer than praise. |
Terence | Their silence is praise enough. |
William Shakespeare | I will praise any man that will praise me. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She checked herself, however, and submitted quietly to a little more praise than she deserved |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This praise and admiration for Fauchelevent travelled far, for it went to Rome |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He moved a thin shrunken brown hand gently in the air in time to his praise and his thin quick eyelids beat often over his sad eyes |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But it were his own damn fault, praise God. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I write without any view towards profit or praise. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The life which men praise and regard as successful is but one kind |
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Health | Parents can support their children's activity by providing transportation, praise, and encouragement, and by participating in activities with their children. (references) | |
Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents incorporates the principle that unwanted behavior can be changed by clear demonstration of the desired behavior and consistent reward of incremental steps toward achieving it. Therapeutic activities include fulfilling specific assignments, rehearsing desired behaviors, and recording and reviewing progress, with praise and privileges given for meeting assigned goals. (references) | ||
For example, behavioral therapy might include hiding a toy inside a box to reward a child for learning to reach into the box with his weaker hand. Likewise, a child learning to say his "b" words might be given a balloon for mastering the word. In other cases, therapists may try to discourage unhelpful or destructive behaviors, such as hair-pulling or biting, by selectively presenting a child with rewards and praise during other, more positive activities. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Korea | To obtain approval, potential visitors must demonstrate that their trip does not have a political purpose--that is, to praise North Korea or criticize the South Korean Government. (references) |
Economic History | Slovak Rep | Foreign companies frequently praise the motivation and abilities of younger workers, who often have good language and computer skills and have traveled in the United States or Europe. (references) |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | While the Macapagal-Arroyo administration's fiscal team deserves praise for its determined efforts thus far to live within tight financial resources, revenue mobilization remains crucial to sustaining a deficit-reduction plan that supports a higher economic growth path and the socioeconomic needs of a growing population. (references) |
Travel | Mexico | Mexican social etiquette makes it difficult to say no. In conversation, Mexicans emphasize tactful and indirect phrasing, and may be more effusive than Americans with praise and emotional expressions. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EULOGY, n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead. |
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Henry Hyde | Actually, Robert, I do not. I hear the opposite. I hear commendations, compliments, words of praise. Most of us are very well satisfied with George W. Bush and the job he is doing. |
Jim Jeffords | It's gone very well. I was very well received and nothing but praise and the book sales are going rapidly. |
Robert Novak | Mark, Elizabeth Dole had nothing but praise for Jesse Helms, but she was wise to say that the people of North Carolina are not going to get a Jesse Helms vote on every issue, including international trade. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To every description of citizens, let praise be given. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | The best praise for this officer and his intrepid comrades is in the likeness of his triumph to the illustrious victory which immortalized another officer and established at a critical moment our command of another lake. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For ourselves we seek neither praise nor blame, neither gratitude nor obedience. |
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| "Praise" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.37% of the time. "Praise" is used about 1,359 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 75.37% | 1,024 | 7,248 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 13.9% | 189 | 22,353 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.26% | 126 | 28,512 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.32% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (common) | 0.15% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,359 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "praise". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abihud | N/A | Biblical | Father of praise |
| Abiud | N/A | Biblical | Father of praise |
| Ahihud | N/A | Biblical | Of praise |
| Alleluia | N/A | Biblical | Praise the Lord |
| Ammihud | N/A | Biblical | People of praise |
| Eliud | N/A | Biblical | God is my praise |
| Epenetus | N/A | Biblical | Worthy of praise |
| Hallelujah | N/A | Biblical | Praise the Lord |
| Hiddai | N/A | Biblical | A praise |
| Hod | N/A | Biblical | Praise |
| Hodaiah | N/A | Biblical | The praise of the Lord |
| Iddo | N/A | Biblical | Praise |
| India | N/A | Biblical | Praise |
| Jeduthun | N/A | Biblical | Giving praise |
| Jehudijah | N/A | Biblical | The praise of the Lord |
| Judah | N/A | Biblical | The praise of the Lord |
| Judas | N/A | Biblical | The praise of the Lord |
| Judith | N/A | Biblical | The praise of the Lord |
| Judith | N/A | English | The praise of the Lord |
| Judith | N/A | French | The praise of the Lord |
| Judith | N/A | Jewish | The praise of the Lord |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "praise": accord due praise ♦ accord praise ♦ beyond all praise ♦ beyond praise ♦ chorus of praise ♦ come in for praise ♦ damn with faint praise ♦ deserve praise ♦ grudging praise ♦ high praise ♦ in praise of him ♦ in praise of smb. ♦ in smb.'s praise ♦ lavish of praise ♦ lavish praise upon smb. ♦ object of praise ♦ praise be to god ♦ praise be to god! ♦ praise god ♦ praise highly ♦ praise oneself ♦ praise smb. effusively ♦ praise to the skies ♦ praise up ♦ self praise ♦ sing smb.'s praise ♦ song of praise ♦ sparing of praise ♦ speak in praise of smb. ♦ unqualified praise ♦ unstinted praise. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "praise": Praise-god, Praise-meeting, praise-my-soul-the-king-of-heaven-to-his-feet-thy-tribute, Praise-tongue, praise-worthy. | |
Ending with "praise": Correction-praise, self-praise. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "praise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | prys (commend, glorify, laud, price). (various references) | |
Albanian | mburr (Laud, vaunt), lavdëroj (belaud, commend, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, glory, Laud, magnify, panegyrize, puff, vaunt), lavdërim (blowing, boast, commendation, exaltation, Laud, laudation), lavd (Laud), lëvdoj (commend, cry up, eulogize, flatter, gasconade, glorify, Laud), lëvdatë (boasting, gasconade, Laud, plaudit), himn perëndisë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مدح (commend, commendation, compliment, crack, eulogize), هلل (acclaim, cheer), تمجيد (apotheosis, enthronement, exaltation, glorification), تقريظ (eulogy, panegyric, write up), تسبيح (eulogy, glorification, magnification), سبح حمد (laud), سبح (laud, rosary, swim), إشادة, ثنى (bend, deter, dissuade, drape, flex, fold, folding, goffer, hire, inflect, lap, pat, pleat, pliable, pucker, replicate, tribute, tuck), شيد (cite, construct, elevate, erect, put up, raise, structure, tribute, whitewash). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | хваля (commend, gasconade, pay tribute to, talk up, vaunt), хвалба (sugar, vaunt), възхвалявам (belaud, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, vaunt), възхвала (eulogy, exaltation, glorification, laudation), похвалвам (commend), похвала (accolade, applause, commendation, compliment, vaunt). (various references) | |
Chinese | 讚美 (admire, applause, to eulogize), 讚揚 (approve of), 称赞 (Commend, Commendation, Commended, Commending, Praised, Praising), 嘉許 (favorable). (various references) | |
Czech | pochvala, velebit (acclaim, bless, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, Laud), chvályhodný (laudable, praiseworthy, virtuous), chválit (commend), chvála (acclaim, commendation, Laud). (various references) | |
Danish | rose (commend, glorify, laud, rose). (various references) | |
Dutch | roemen (commend, glorify, laud), loven (commend, glorify, laud). (various references) | |
Esperanto | laŭdo, laŭdi (commend, laud), glori (commend, glorify, laud). (various references) | |
Faeroese | rósa (commend, laud, rose), rós, heiðra (commend, distinguish, glorify, laud). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرستش (Adoration, Adore, Devotion, Worship), نیایش کردن , نیایش (Adoration, Benediction, Invocation, Veneration), تمجیدوستایش کردن , تحسین (Applause), تعریف کردن (Define, Emblazon, Recount, Unreel), ستودن (Adore, Allow, Applaud, Commend, Eulogize, Extol, Glorify), ستایش (Adoration, Eulogy, Laud, Panegyric, Tribute, Veneration, Worship). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylistää (celebrate in song, commend, eulogize, extol, glorify, laud, sing the praises of). (various references) | |
French | louange, glorifier. (various references) | |
German | Lob (accolade, commendation, lob, tribute), verherrlichen (celebrate, commend, exalt, extol, glamorize, glorify, glorifying, laud, to exalt, to glamorize, to glorify), rühmen (commend, extol, glorify, laud, to praise, vaunt), preisen (bless, blessed, blest, commend, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, to eulogize, to praise, vaunt), loben (commend, glorify, Laud, to commend, to laud, to praise), anpreisen (commend, extol, laud, recommend, register). (various references) | |
Greek | εγκώμιο (eulogy, laudation), επαινώ (commend, compliment, extol). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשבח (applaud, commend, compliment, exalt, glorify, improve), לזמר (chant, sing), לחסן (immunize, inoculate, inure, strengthen), ל"לל (eulogize, extol), ל"ו"ות (acknowledge, admit, avow, confess, glorify, grant), ל"בר בשבחו, לברך (bless, congratulate, felicitate, greet), לטכס (adorn, arrange, array, set in order), לר ן (chant, murmur, sing), ת"ל" (adoration, eclat, fame, glory, illustriousness, kudos, laurel, panegyric, psalm), שבח", שבח (advantage, betterment, commendation, eulogy, gain, glory, improvement, panegyric, superiority), "לל (song of praise), "ו"י" (eulogy, thanksgiving), "אמר" (augmentation, eulogy, glorification, rise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hálaadó istentisztelet, dicséret (applause, certificate of merit, commendation, compliment, diploma of merit, honourable mention, laud, laudation, praising). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pujian (accolade, credit, recommendation), mengangkat-angkat, memuji (adulate, extol), madah (eulogy, stanza), bermadah (recite). (various references) | |
Italian | lodare (commend, eulogise, eulogize, extol, extoll, laud), lode (accolade, Laud), elogiare (commend, eulogise, eulogize). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 推奨 (recommendation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すいしょう (admiration, crystal, recommendation), しょうび (admiration, appreciatation, emergency, imminence, prizing, rose, urgency), しょうさ" (admiration, chances of success, commendation, dispersion, dissipation, evaporation, nitric acid, prospects of victory), しょうよう (admiration, business purpose, calm, composure, exalting, extolling, for business, on business, ramble, saunter, stroll, trifling matter, urination, urine, walk, wandering), しょうし (absurdity, boatman, contemptible, crystallite, death by fire, eulogy, laughable, low birth rate, midnight, officers and men, paper making, pitiful, ridiculous, short or concise history, stamp), きよ (contribution, service), さ"た" (admiration, extollment, horrible, pitiful, repeatedly crying, tragic, wretched), さ"しょう (3 cheers, consultation, Japanese pepper, prickly ash, reference, singing three times), さ"び (adoration, appalling, awful, deep sorrow, extreme pain, glorification), さ"か (admiration, affiliated with, calamity, eulogy, mountain nomads, mountain villa, obstetrics, oxidation, paean, participation, song of praise, three summer months, under jurisdiction of, under the umbrella), さ"じ (3 o'clock snack, childbirth, compliment, councillor, cubic, disaster, eulogy, horrible accident, newborn baby, secretary, silkworm, three times), ほうじ (bearing, Buddhist memorial service, eulogy, holding up, Japanese characters, kanji and kana, presenting), かしょう (approval, burn, Chinese merchants abroad, few, little, receptacle, riverbed, scald, scanty, singing, song, temporary name, too few, too small, undeserved praise), らいさ" (adoration, glorification, worship). (various references) | |
Korean | 칭찬 (Complimentary, Praising). (various references) | |
Manx | moylley (advocate; compliments, applaud, applause, bamboozle, boost, boost praise, cheer, cheer praise, commend, commendation, compliment, gull, laud, plaudits, promotion, put forward, recommend, recommendation, tribute), cur moylley da. (various references) | |
Papiamen | gabamentu, gabamento, gaba (commend, laud), alabansa, alabá (commend, laud). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aisepray.(various references) | |
Polish | chwalić (commend, laud). (various references) | |
Portuguese | elogio (accolade, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, incense, laud, laudation), louvor (accolade, applause, approval, commendation, encomium, eulogy, laud, laudation), louvar (acclaim, applaud, belaud, celebrate, clap, commend, extol, extoll, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, laud, magnify, recommend), glorificar (celebrate, commend, glorify, laud, pedestal), elogiar (belaud, commend, cry up, eulogize, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, laud, panegyrize, run up, write up). (various references) | |
Romanian | slavã (fame, glory, luster, lustre, sky), slãvi (bless, chant, emblazon, exalt, glorify, Laud), laudã (beslaver, bounce, commendation, compliments, display, eulogy, glory, Laud, pat on the back, vaunt), lãuda (boast, brag, commend, cry up, flatter, talk up), glorifica (celebrate, extol, glorify, resound), aduce slavã, aduce lande. (various references) | |
Russian | хвала, хвалить похвала, похвала (commendation, credit, panegyric, recommendation). (various references) | |
Scottish | mol (commend, laud, mal and mul, recommend). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pohvala (accolade, blurb, commendation, eulogy, laud, laudation, praising), veličati (celebrate, exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, set forth), slavopojka (canticle, laud), slaviti (celebrate, eulogize, glorify, laud), slava (fame, glory, kudos, renown, slava), hvaliti (belaud, eulogize, laud, talk up). (various references) | |
Spanish | alabar (applaud, commend, extol, extoll, hail, laud), elogio (accolade, commendation, compliment, encomium, eulogy, tribute), alabanza (applause, commendation). (various references) | |
Swedish | prisa (celebrate, celibrate, commend, extol, glorify, gloryfy, laud), berömma (commend, laud), beröm (credit, credits, eulogy, kudos, laudation), lovprisa (belaud, eulogize, glorify, panegyrize). (various references) | |
Turkish | methetmek (commend, eulogize, extol, extoll, Laud, lay it on with a trowel, speak in praise of smb.), şükretmek (be grateful for, be thankful, bless, return thanks, thank), övmek (acclaim, accord praise, belaud, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, compliment, crack up, cry up, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, magnify, panegyrize, pay tribute, puff, sing smb.'s praise, sing the praises of, speak in praise of smb., talk up, vaunt), övme (commending, eulogy, exaltation, flattery, glorification, laudation, praising), övgü (accolade, approbation, bouquet, commendation, compliment, eclat, encomium, eulogy, glowing account, ode, panegyric, tribute). (various references) | |
Turkmen | taryp, цwmek (compliment), цwgn, цwgi, magtanз, magtamak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хвалити (commend, compliment, glorify), оцінювати (appraise, apprise, apprize, censure, esteem, estimate, evaluate, judge, price, rate, reckon up, size up, value, view), заслуга (desert, merit), прославляти (apotheosize, celebrate, emblazon, glorify), прославляння (apotheosis, celebration), похвала (commendation, compliment, pitch, recommendation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự tán tụng (exaltation, magnification), sự tán dương (commendation, emblazonment, laudation, magnification), sự khen ngợi (commendation), sự ca tụng (celebration), sự ca ngợi (commendation, laudation), lời tán tụng (incense, soft sawder), lời tán dương (extolment, laud), lời khen ngợi (congratulation, laudation), lời ca tụng (extolment), lời ca ngợi (eulogy, laud, laudation, rose-water). (various references) | |
Welsh | moliant, moli (laud), mawl, clodfori (extol), clod (fame, renown), canmoliaeth (commendation), canmol (commend), arwyrain (extol, panegyric, rise), arawd (oration, prayer, speech). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ara, za-mi. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | eulogia. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | archelaus, benedic, benedicam, benedicamus, benedicant, benedicas, benedicat, benedicatis, benedicatque, benedicatur, benedicebant, benedicebat, benedicendae, benedicendum, benedicens, benedicent, benedicente, benedicentem, benedicentes, benedicentibus, benedicentur, benedicere, benedicerent, benediceret, benedices, benedicet, benedicetis, benedicetque, benedicetur, benedicimus, benedicis, benedicit, benedicite, benedicito, benedico, benedicta, benedictae, benedicte, benedicti, benedictique, benedicto, benedictorum, benedictum, benedicturus, benedictus, benedicunt, benedixerant, benedixerat, benedixerint, benedixeris, benedixerit, benedixerunt, benedixi, benediximus, benedixique, benedixisset, benedixisti, benedixit, benedixitque, boo, boo, boare, commendare, conlaudabant, conlaudabo, conlaudabunt, conlaudantes, conlaudate, conlaudent, conlaudes, deosculabitur, deosculans, deosculatae, deosculatur, deosculatus, deosculer, exalta, exaltaberis, exaltabis, exaltabit, exaltabitur, exaltabo, exaltabor, exaltabuntur, exaltans, exaltant, exaltantem, exaltantes, exaltantur, exaltare, exaltarentur, exaltares, exaltaret, exaltari, exaltas, exaltasset, exaltasti, exaltat, exaltata, exaltatae, exaltate, exaltati, exaltatum, exaltatur, exaltatus, exaltaveris, exaltaverit, exaltaveritis, exaltaverunt, exaltavi, exaltavit, exaltemini, exaltemus, exaltent, exaltentur, exaltet, exaltetur, fateor, lauda, laudabant, laudabantur, laudabat, laudabimur, laudabimus, laudabis, laudabit, laudabitis, laudabitur, laudabo, laudabunt, laudabuntur, laudamini, laudamus, laudando, laudandum, laudans, laudant, laudantem, laudantes, laudantibus, laudantium, laudare, laudarent, laudat, laudate, laudatio, laudatum, laudatur, laudaverunt, laudavi, laudavit, laude, laudem, laudemus, laudent, lauderis, laudes, laudet, laudi, laudibus, laudis, laudo, laudo, laudare, laudavi, laudatum, laus, magnifica, magnificabant, magnificabat, magnificabatur, magnificaberis, magnificabimus, magnificabis, magnificabit, magnificabo, magnificabor, magnificans, magnificant, magnificantes, magnificanti, magnificantur, magnificare, magnificaret, magnificaretur, magnificari, magnificas, magnificasset, magnificasti, magnificat, magnificata, magnificate, magnificati, magnificatus, magnificatusque, magnificavi, magnificavit, magnificet, magnificetur, praedica, praedicabant, praedicabat, praedicabatur, praedicabis, praedicabitur, praedicabo, praedicabunt, praedicamus, praedicans, praedicant, praedicante, praedicantem, praedicantes, praedicantis, praedicare, praedicarem, praedicaret, praedicaretis, praedicari, praedicas, praedicasti, praedicat, praedicate, praedicator, praedicatum, praedicatur, praedicaturum, praedicatus, praedicaverim, praedicaverunt, praedicavi, praedicavimus, praedicavit, praedicem, praedicent, praedico, vendere. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ... fraca...stuye, frâyashtîmca, frasastayaêca, stûtô. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | preisier. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 4 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui derelinquunt legem laudant impium qui custodiunt succenduntur contra eum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who forsaken the lawe, preisen the vnpitous; who kepen, shul ben tend vp ayen hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 28, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kadtong mobiya sa Kasugoan nagadayeg sa tawong dautan; Apan ang mga magabantay sa Kasugoan nakig-bisog batok kanila. |
| Croatian | Koji zapuštaju Zakon, velièaju opake, a koji se drže Zakona, protive im se. |
| Danish | Hvo Loven sviger, roser de gudløse, hvo Loven holder, er på Krigsfod med dem. |
| Dutch | Die de wet verlaten, prijzen de goddelozen; maar die de wet bewaren, mengen zich in strijd tegen hen. |
| Finnish | Lain hylkijät kehuvat jumalattomia, mutta lain noudattajat kauhistuvat heitä. |
| French | Ceux qui abandonnent la loi louent le méchant, Mais ceux qui observent la loi s`irritent contre lui. |
| German | Die das Gesetz verlassen, loben den Gottlosen; die es aber bewahren, sind unwillig auf sie. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Moun ki pa respekte lalwa bay mechan yo pye sou moun. Men, moun ki fè sa lalwa mande, se moun ki pran pozisyon kont mechan yo. |
| Hungarian | A kik elhagyják a törvényt, dicsérik a latrokat; de a kik megtartják a törvényt, harczolnak azokkal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa mengabaikan hukum, memihak orang jahat; siapa mentaati hukum menentang orang bejat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang yang meninggalkan hukum itu memuliakan orang jahat, tetapi orang yang memeliharakan hukum itu melawan orang jahat. |
| Italian | Quelli che violano la legge lodano l'empio, ma quanti osservano la legge gli muovono guerra. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te hunga e whakarere ana i te ture, he whakamoemiti ta ratou ki te tangata kino: ko ta nga kaipupuri ia o te ture he ngangare ki a ratou. |
| Norwegian | De som ikke følger loven, priser de ugudelige, men de som holder loven, strider mot dem. |
| Portuguese | Os que abandonam a lei louvam os ímpios; mas os que guardam a lei pelejam contra eles. |
| Rumanian | Ceice pqrqsesc legea, laudq pe cel rqu, dar ceice pqzesc legea se mknie pe el. - |
| Russian | пФУФХ ОЙЛЙ ПФ ЪБЛПОБ ИЧБМСФ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩИ, Б УП'МА"БАЭЙЕ ЪБЛПО ОЕЗП"ХАФ ОБ ОЙИ. |
| Spanish | Los que abandonan la ley alaban a los impíos, pero los que guardan la ley contenderán con ellos. |
| Swedish | De som övergiva lagen prisa de ogudaktiga, men de som hålla lagen gå till strids mot dem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "praise": praised, praiser, praisers, praises, praiseworthily, praiseworthiness, praiseworthinesses, praiseworthy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "praise": appraise, dispraise, overpraise, reappraise, upraise. (additional references) | |
Words containing "praise": appraised, appraisee, appraisees, appraisement, appraisements, appraiser, appraisers, appraises, dispraised, dispraiser, dispraisers, dispraises, overpraised, overpraises, reappraised, reappraises, upraised, upraiser, upraisers, upraises. (additional references) | |
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"Praise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: graise, paisa, paise, paize, parase, parease, parise, Parisee, Pariser, Parisio, paruse, poraries, praide, prais, praisen, prait, prakiss, praus, pravice, praxie, prayes, prayest, praze, preeze, preie, preies, preise, Preiser, presise, priadel, prias, priase, Priese, Prisse, traise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "praise" (pronounced prā"z) |
| 4 | p r ā" z | appraise, prays, preys, reappraise, sprays. |
| 3 | -r ā" z | betrays, braise, craze, defrays, Grays, graze, phrase, portrays, raise, Rase, rays, raze, rephrase, Res, strays, trays. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aspire, paries, spirea. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: apers, apres, arise, asper, pairs, paise, pares, paris, parse, pears, peris, piers, prase, presa, pries, prise, raise, rapes, reaps, ripes, sepia, serai, spare, spear, speir, spier, spire. | |
-2 letters: airs, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, ears, eras, ires, pair, pare, pars, pase, pear, peas, peri, pias, pier, pies, rape, raps, rase, rasp, reap. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: aperies, apprise, aspired, aspirer, aspires, despair, diapers, harpies, impresa, paniers, paresis, parises, parries, parties, parvise, pastier, paviser, piaster, piastre, pirates, praised, praiser, praises, rapiers, rapines, raspier, repairs, sappier, scrapie, sharpie, soapier, spacier, spiraea, spireas, traipse, upraise, waspier. | |
+2 letters: airscape, airspace, airspeed, aphorise, apiaries, appliers, appraise, apprised, appriser, apprises, apprizes, asperity, aspheric, aspirate, aspirers, calipers, caprices, crappies, crispate, despairs, diaspore, dispread, earlship, epicarps, epigrams, espalier, firepans, garpikes, grapiest, harelips, heparins, impalers, impearls, impresas, japeries, lempiras, meropias, misparse, naperies, painters, panfries, panniers, pantries, paradise, parasite, parchesi, parecism, pareiras, paretics, parietes, parishes, parities, parodies, parslied, partiers, parvises, pastries, pavisers, pelorias, peracids, periapts, perillas, perisarc, pertains, pharisee, piaffers, piasters, piastres, picrates, pilaster, pinaster, piracies, plaister, plaiters, plashier, polarise, practise, prairies, praisers, pralines, praxises, presidia, prevails, primages, primates, pristane, privates, pyrexias, rampikes, ranpikes, raphides, rapidest, raspiest, repaints, replicas, reprisal, samphire, sapphire, sapremia, sapremic, scrapies, septaria, seraphic, seraphim, seraphin, sharpies, slipware, snappier, sparerib, sparkier, sparlike, sparrier, spearing, spiracle, spiraeas, spiraled, spirulae, sprained, swampier, traipsed, traipses, triphase, upraised, upraiser, upraises, vampires, vaporise, vespiary, warpwise, wiretaps. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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