Definition of Eulogize

1. Verb. Praise formally and eloquently. "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

Exact synonyms: Eulogise
Generic synonyms: Praise
Derivative terms: Eulogy, Eulogy

Definition of Eulogize

1. v. t. To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

Definition of Eulogize

1. Verb. (transitive) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eulogize

1. to praise highly [v -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eulogize

eulogise
eulogised
eulogises
eulogising
eulogism
eulogisms
eulogist
eulogistic
eulogistical
eulogistically
eulogists
eulogium
eulogiums
eulogization
eulogizations
eulogize (current term)
eulogized
eulogizer
eulogizers
eulogizes
eulogizing
eulogy
eulytite
eulytites
eumelanic
eumelanin
eumelanogenesis
eumelanosome
eumelanosomes
eumenid

Literary usage of Eulogize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"(с, cum isto animo ее, laudare.—Colloq.: Sy. Nil pepercit. . . . De. Laudo, / am glad of it, T.— To eulogize, ..."

2. Address on the Truth, Dignity, Power and Beauty of the Principles of Peace by Thomas Smith Grimké (1832)
"Whilst the disciple, and above all, the messenger of the Prince of peace shall admire and eulogize war and warriors, his kingdom can never come. ..."

3. A Selection of English Synonyms by Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately (1860)
"... and now incorrect translation of the Latin ' Immensus,' and should be rendered ' Infinite.' TO PRAISE, TO ADMIRE, TO COMMEND, TO EXTOL, TO eulogize. ..."

4. A Complete History of the Popes of Rome: From Saint Peter, the First Bishop by Louis-Marie de Lahaye Cormenin (1859)
"Le Sueur arid Cardinal Baronius eulogize him by saying, that he was the best of the bad popes. BENEDICT THE FOURTH, THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIRST POPE. ..."

5. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"eulogize, va Extol, laud, applaud. See 6. Pietist, Protestant who emphasizes sin, atonement, and regeneration. ..."

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