tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
[Back-formation from ADULATION.]
adulator ad'u·la'tor n.adulatory ad'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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