praise

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: prāz, IPA(key): /pɹeɪz/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪz
  • Homophones: prays, preys

Etymology 1

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

Noun

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

  1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:praise
    Antonym: blame
    The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.
    You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.
    She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.
    dim praise
  2. Worship.
    praise of God
Derived terms
Terms derived from praise (noun)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).

Verb

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

  1. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
    Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.
    Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.
Conjugation
Conjugation of praise
infinitive (to) praise
present tense past tense
1st-person singular praise praised
2nd-person singular praise, praisest† praised, praisedst†
3rd-person singular praises, praiseth† praised
plural praise
subjunctive praise praised
imperative praise —
participles praising praised

†Archaic or obsolete.

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Irish

Adjective

praise

  1. inflection of pras:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
praise phraise bpraise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

praise f

  1. genitive singular of prais
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