panegyrize

[pan-i-juh-rahyz]

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verb (used with object), pan·e·gy·rized, pan·e·gy·riz·ing.

to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.

verb (used without object), pan·e·gy·rized, pan·e·gy·riz·ing.

to indulge in panegyric; bestow praises.

Also especially British, pan·e·gy·rise.

Origin of panegyrize

1610–20; < Greek panēgyrízein to celebrate a public festival, equivalent to panḗgyr(is) (see panegyric) + -izein -ize

Related formsun·pan·e·gy·rized, adjective

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Related Words for panegyrize

acclaim, admire, adore, aggrandize, appreciate, celebrate, commemorate, commend, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail

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Historical Examples of panegyrize

Of course he would have found it hard to panegyrize his favourite democracies when he came to the Hellenistic age.
Problems in Greek history
John Pentland Mahaffy

British Dictionary definitions for panegyrize

panegyrize

panegyrise

verb

to make a eulogy or eulogies (about)

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