belaud
Americanverb (used with object)
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I've a notion All's bad that the critics belaud.
From Shapes of Clay by Bierce, Ambrose
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 Gozzi, Carlo
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 Cannan, Gilbert
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 Burckhardt, Jacob
Crassus on this occasion, between whom and Cicero there was never much friendship, took occasion to belaud the late great Consul on account of his Catiline successes.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
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