v.
- express warm approval of or admiration for.
- express respect and gratitude towards (a deity).
n.
- the expression of approval or admiration.
- the expression of respect and gratitude as an act of worship.
Phrase
- praise be
expressing relief, joy, or gratitude. - sing the praises of
express enthusiastic approval or admiration of.
Derivative
- praiseful adj.
- praiser n.
Etymology
ME (also in the sense ‘attach value to’): from OFr. preisier ‘to prize, praise’, from late L. pretiare, from L. pretium ‘price’; cf. prize1.
