v. Also 5–7 extoll(e. [ad. L. extoll-ĕre, f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + tollĕre to raise.]
† 1. trans. To lift up, raise, elevate. Obs.
1549–62. Sternhold & H., Ps. lxxxvi. 4. Unto thee Lord I extoll, And lift my soule and minde.
1572. Bossewell, Armorie, II. 96. He cannot … extol him selfe higher then the earth.
1601. Weever, Mirr. Mart., B iv b. A begger from the dunghill once extold, Forgets him selfe.
a. 1616. Beaum. & Fl., Wit without Money, I. (1639), B ij b (Webster, 1864). Who extold you in the halfe crowne boxes.
1650. T. Bayly, Herba Parietis, To Rdr. (1679), B 2 b. A fiery Charriot, able to extoll an Elias up to Heaven.
absol. 1618. Chapman, Hesiod, I. 1/8. Great Ioues will, orders All; For He with ease extolls; with ease, lets fall.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. iii. 72. The newtrall point wherein its [the iron’s] gravity just equalls the magneticall quality, the one exactly extolling as much as the other depresseth.
fig. 1587. Mirr. Mag., Bladud, xiv. Our actes extoll our prayse aboue the skie.
1601. ? Marston, Pasquil & Kath., I. 233. Thy praise extold him to the skies.
† b. = SUBLIME v.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 90. Such as are not so easily sublevated … are to be extolled [L. sublimantur] … in a Retort of very thick glass.
† 2. a. To lift up in dignity or authority; to uphold the authority of. Obs.
1545. Joye, Exp. Dan. xii. 209. This kinge … shall extoll and preferre himself aboue all the goddis.
1552. Lyndesay, Monarche, 5244. Cardinall, Kyng, or Empriour, Extolland thare Traditionis Abufe Christis Institutionis.
1570. Act 13 Eliz., c. 2 § 1. That no Person … shall … maintain, defend or extol the same usurped Power [of the see of Rome].
1581. Lambarde, Eiren., II. vii. (1588), 228. The Treason of extolling forein power.
† b. To ‘lift up’ with pride, joy, etc. Obs.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 88 b. Lest the multytude of reuelacyons sholde extoll hym, and make hym proude.
1609. Bible (Douay), Ecclus. xxxii. 1. Have they made thee Ruler? be not extolled.
1664. Flodden F., vi. 54. Because he vex’d our Land of late, Perchance his stomack is extold.
† c. To raise too high, make too much of; to exaggerate, boast of. Obs.
1494. Fabyan, Chron., V. cxl. 127. Walshemen extolle so hugely theyr blood & allyaunce … & regardyd so lytle the … lynyall dissent of the Saxons.
1503. Hawes, Examp. Virt., v. 48. No persone can extoll the souerente Of her worthy and royall dygnyte.
1551. Gardiner, Explic. Cath. Fayth, 32 b. If man should then waxe proude … and extolle his owne deuotion in these ministeries.
1652. Needham, trans. Selden’s Mare Cl., 209. The Hors and Foot and the Sea-Souldiers … extoll’d every one their own hazards.
1796. C. Marshall, Garden., i. (1813), 1. The praise of gardening it is presumed can hardly be too much extolled.
3. To raise high with praise; to praise highly; to magnify.
1509. Fisher, Fun. Serm. C’tess Richmond, Wks. (1876), 293. Whome my purpose is not vaynly to extol, or to magnifye aboue her merytes.
1582. Bentley, Mon. Matrones, 47. S. John extolleth charitie in his Epistle.
1601. B. Jonson, Poetaster, II. Wks. (Rtldg.), 112/1. They … extoll’d your perfections to the heavens.
1683. Brit. Spec., 18. Thou art a glorious Isle extolled and renowned among all Nations.
1712. Addison, Spect., No. 469, ¶ 6. To find Virtue extolled, and Vice stigmatized.
1762. J. Brown, Poetry & Mus., v. (1763), 59. STRABO … highly extolls this Practice.
1879. Froude, Cæsar, xxvi. 450. Some will extol you to the skies, others will find something wanting.
