adulate
[ aj-uh-leyt ]
verb (used with object),ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing.
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
Origin of adulate
1First recorded in 1770–80; back formation from adulation
Other words from adulate
- ad·u·la·tion, noun
- ad·u·la·tor, noun
Words Nearby adulate
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How to use adulate in a sentence
Calumniate a human being in youth—adulate that being in age;—what has been the interval?
Night and Morning, Complete | Edward Bulwer-LyttonIt is true, people are permitted to adulate slavery—so they are allowed to adulate kings, where kings reign.
She whom such songs were meant to adulate or win, frequently was the wife of the Troubadours lord.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for adulate
adulate
/ (ˈædjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
(tr) to flatter or praise obsequiously
Origin of adulate
1C17: back formation from C15 adulation, from Latin adūlāri to flatter
Derived forms of adulate
- adulator, noun
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