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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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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

This is not to belaud the present system, any more than it is optimistic to say this is the best of all possible worlds.

From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill

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

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

From Nights in London by Thomas Burke

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 Anthony Trollope

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