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Definition of Overpraise
1. Verb. Praise excessively.
Definition of Overpraise
1. v. t. To praise excessively or unduly.
Definition of Overpraise
1. Verb. To praise to an excessive degree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overpraise
1. [v -PRAISED, -PRAISING, -PRAISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overpraise
Literary usage of Overpraise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pages from a Private Diary by Henry Charles Beeching (1899)
"shown once or twice a piece of literary criticism that it would be hard to overpraise.
i $th.—The news that to-day is Hospital Saturday in Southsea was ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Be on the carpet* Be under consideration, be upon suppose, imagine, fancy,
apprehend, deem, ween, Be p raise, va Puff, overpraise. See BELAUD. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1877)
"overpraise of Article ... and not at all depreciate the subject-matter of the
baron the pretence. gain, the vendor indulges in overpraise 4 Reg. i'. ..."
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