Ex*tol" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Extolled(?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Extolling.] [L. extollere; ex out +
tollere to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller.
See Tollerate, and cf. Flate.] 1.
To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
Where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
Beau. & Fl.
2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to
praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an
act or a person.
Wherein have I so deserved of you,
That you extol me thus?
Shak.
Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate;
laud; glorify. See Praise.