panegyrize

American  

[pan-i-juh-rahyz] / ˈpæn ɪ dʒəˌraɪz /

especially British, panegyrise

verb (used with object)

panegyrized, panegyrizing

1. to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.

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verb (used without object)

panegyrized, panegyrizing

1. to indulge in panegyric; bestow praises.

panegyrize British  

/ ˈpænɪdʒɪˌraɪz /

verb

1. to make a eulogy or eulogies (about)

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unpanegyrized
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of panegyrize

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