laud

tr.v., laud·ed, laud·ing, lauds.

To give praise to; glorify. See synonyms at praise.

n.

1. Praise; glorification.
2. A hymn or song of praise.
3. lauds also Lauds (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
   1. Ecclesiastical. The service of prayers following the matins and constituting with them the first of the seven canonical hours.
   2. The time appointed for this service.

[Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudāre, from laus, laud-, praise.]

lauder laud'er n.

verb

1. To pay tribute or homage to: acclaim, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, hail², honor, magnify, panegyrize, praise. Idioms: sing someone's praises. See praise/blame.
2. To express warm approval of: acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, praise. See praise/blame.
3. To honor (a deity) in religious worship: exalt, extol, glorify, magnify, praise. See religion.

v

Definition: acclaim, praise
Antonyms: blame, castigate, condemn, criticize

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lovprise, prise
n. - lovprisning, lovsang, tidlig morgengudstjeneste

Nederlands (Dutch)
verheerlijken, loven, prijzen, lofzang

Français (French)
v. tr. - louer, glorifier
n. - hymne

Deutsch (German)
v. - preisen, loben
n. - Lob, Lobpreisung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αινώ, υμνώ, δοξάζω, επαινώ, εγκωμιάζω
n. - αίνος, έπαινος

Italiano (Italian)
lodare, laude

Português (Portuguese)
n. - louvor (m)
v. - louvar

Русский (Russian)
хвалить, хвала

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - alabar, elogiar, encomiar
n. - alabanza, elogio

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lova, prisa
n. - lov, pris, lovsång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赞美, 称赞, 颂歌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 讚美, 稱讚
n. - 讚美, 頌歌, 稱讚

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 찬양하다, 기리다
n. - 기림, 찬미 , 칭찬

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ほめたたえる, 賞賛する
n. - ロード, 賞賛, 賛美歌, 早暁祈祷, 賛課, 賛歌

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسبح, يحمد, يمجد, يثني (الاسم) تسبيحه الصحى, ثناء أو تحميد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הילל, שיבח‬
n. - ‮מזמור תהילה‬

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