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belaud

American  
[bih-lawd] / bɪˈlɔd /

verb (used with object)

  1. to praise excessively.


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Etymology

Origin of belaud

First recorded in 1840–50; be- + laud


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In the fifteenth century the fashion was to belaud one's own city even at the expense of others.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt

His only regret was that the wine was not better, and he would belaud the wines of the Rhine.

From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Gilbert Cannan

As may be imagined, I defended peace in the one, and did my best to belaud his Excellency in the other.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi

What amazed me was the calm with which these folks gathered together and commenced to belaud their noble selves, their country, and their "institootions" and everything else that was theirs.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

How shall the perplexed navigator steer his course when monitors in office accuse him on the one hand of lax precision throughout, and belaud him on the other for careful observance of detail?

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

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