laurel
noun
a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
have laureled
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present perfectof laurel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Edwin Arlington Robinson, whom many critics have laureled as America's most formidable poet, rarely permits himself such lyricism as that and when he does, it is with a strangely deprecating air.
From Time Magazine Archive
