Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To praise highly in speech or writing, especially in a formal eulogy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pronounce a eulogy upon; praise highly or excessively; extol in speech or writing. Also spelled
eulogise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
praise ,celebrate orpay homage to (someone), especially in aneloquent formal eulogy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb praise formally and eloquently
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Examples
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Did anyone NOT get a little teary watching 8 year old Bindi Irwin eulogize her daddy, the Crocodile Hunter?
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Did anyone NOT get a little teary watching 8 year old Bindi Irwin eulogize her daddy, the Crocodile Hunter?
Thursday Thirteen # 33: I have Questions « Adventures in Juggling 2006
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The prominent policymakers' belief that economic growth can solve everything has created a system so wasteful and inefficient that now it seems that the only hope we have is in those grassroots organizations that a decade ago we were laughing at but that today, in a very different world, we are starting to eulogize.
Shelley A. Lewis: Reclaiming Our Sense of Self In A Globalized World Shelley A. Lewis 2011
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The prominent policymakers' belief that economic growth can solve everything has created a system so wasteful and inefficient that now it seems that the only hope we have is in those grassroots organizations that a decade ago we were laughing at but that today, in a very different world, we are starting to eulogize.
Shelley A. Lewis: Reclaiming Our Sense of Self In A Globalized World Shelley A. Lewis 2011
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In 1991, during his first show after his son, Rick, died in a car accident, Carson took a few moments to eulogize him.
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The prominent policymakers' belief that economic growth can solve everything has created a system so wasteful and inefficient that now it seems that the only hope we have is in those grassroots organizations that a decade ago we were laughing at but that today, in a very different world, we are starting to eulogize.
Shelley A. Lewis: Reclaiming Our Sense of Self In A Globalized World Shelley A. Lewis 2011
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However, to eulogize the American/Iranian puppet (and his brother before him) as Iraqi “heroes” is a bit much.
Global Voices in English » Iraq: Death Of Shi’ite Leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim 2009
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The prominent policymakers' belief that economic growth can solve everything has created a system so wasteful and inefficient that now it seems that the only hope we have is in those grassroots organizations that a decade ago we were laughing at but that today, in a very different world, we are starting to eulogize.
Shelley A. Lewis: Reclaiming Our Sense of Self In A Globalized World Shelley A. Lewis 2011
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We should eulogize liberalism not for its death, but far worse, its silence.
Byron Williams: Mourning the Silence of True Liberalism Byron Williams 2011
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Mist in my eyes, I'd proceed to eulogize her as "such an odd duck, that one!"
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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