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belaud

American  
[bih-lawd] / bɪˈlɔd /

verb (used with object)

  1. to praise excessively.


Other Word Forms

  • belauder noun

Etymology

Origin of belaud

First recorded in 1840–50; be- + laud

Example Sentences

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I cannot understand those folk who sniff at the English music-hall and belaud the Parisian shows.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas

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

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

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 Fernie, William Thomas

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