Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
praise .
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Examples
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April 28, 2010 at 6:24 pm prayse cc an pass teh cheezburgurs!
Praise the lolz! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Akchully, she is VERREE gud at lawts ob stuff, lyk fotomagograffy an skaytbordin and throwin a strop an maykin fayree caeks, but it neber herts to tell a teen tehy is a Nyse Persun an prayse tehm fur doin Teh Gud Werks!
George, call the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I danses and sings lowd prayse to teh ceeling cat wif joy!
Lolcat 100 Calorie pak - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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So nowe Y haue bought manye a beggare, who Y do feede at my cost, and eftimes Y do commaunde them to thanke and prayse me so that Y feele lyk a seynte – but Y kan yet swyve and drynke depe of wyn and snorte the poudre of cockayne, the whiche no Seyntez do.
Parys! 2006
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So nowe Y haue bought manye a beggare, who Y do feede at my cost, and eftimes Y do commaunde them to thanke and prayse me so that Y feele lyk a seynte – but Y kan yet swyve and drynke depe of wyn and snorte the poudre of cockayne, the whiche no Seyntez do.
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When no manne wyll accuse, or he that accused is knowen to haue slaunderously done it, the kinsfolke endyng their mournyng: tourne them selues now to the prayse of the dead, nothing aftre the maner of the Grecians, for that the Egiptians thinke themselues all to be gentlemen alike.
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Priestes of al degrees, are charged to prayse God seuen times a daie, and to praye with ordenarie oraisons.
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Their manners are partly prayse-worthie, and partly detestable: For they are more obedient vnto their lords and masters, then any other either clergie or laie-people in the whole world.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Canst thou (quoth the Monke) prayse and commend her now, using her so villainously in thy life time?
The Decameron 2004
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Almightie, are shewed most euidently to haue bene such as all posteritie and succeeding ages shall neuer cease to sing and resound your infinite prayse and eternall commendations.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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