English
praise
Pronunciation Etymology 1

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below).

Noun

praise

  1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:praise
    Antonyms: 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
Translations Translations Etymology 2

From Middle English praisen, from Old French proisier, from Late Latin pretiō from pretium.

Verb

praise (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

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participles

 praising

 praised

†Archaic or obsolete.

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