roose

[rooz, rœz]

verb (used with or without object)

roosed, roosing 

1. praise.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roose¹

1150–1200; Middle English rosen < Old Norse hrōsa to praise

Example Sentences

As Kevin Roose at the New York Times reported, Zuckerberg's dudebro look comes complete with a $900,000 watch.

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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn.

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A year ago, a chatbot tried to break up Kevin Roose’s marriage.

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I even heard that engineers at one tech company listed “don’t break up Kevin Roose’s marriage” as their top priority for a coming A.I. release.

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The Times’s Kevin Roose mostly agrees, but has questions.

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Related Words

• applaud 
• cajole 
• commend 
• congratulate 
• endorse 
• extol 
• laud