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Definition of Extolling
1. extol [v] - See also: extol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extolling
Literary usage of Extolling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"Romanists delight in extolling her virtues, and many curious feats are reported
to have been performed by her. Thus they tell that one day, as she walked ..."
2. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... received forty-five wounds all before, and none behind. extolling the various
achievements of his youth: but indeed his merits supported ostentation. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1887)
"... of the monkish scribe holding the pen in his hand to indicate his avocation (sic)
and an inscription extolling his ingenuity in the art."—Warton: Hist. ..."
4. The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great by Oliver Goldsmith (1828)
"... rose with an honest freedom to represent the intended expedition in its true
light. began by extolling Xerxes above all other kings that had gone before ..."
5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... In the second part of the Honest Whore, is a ludicrous oration, to prove that
л flat round cap is fittest for a citizen, and extolling it highly. ..."
6. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... cap is (it lost tor a citizen, and extolling it highly. Among the rest, it is
said, As humorous as winter, and us MI. ..."
7. The history of Ireland by Thomas Moore (1845)
"... in extolling the victory gained in Britain by Constantius Chlorus, would fully
suffice to prove that, previously to the coming of Casar, ..."
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