Praises excessively or flatters someone in an extreme manner; offers over-the-top commendation.
From 'belaud' (verb) with the third-person singular present '-s' suffix. This is the conjugated form for when 'he,' 'she,' or 'it' performs the action of belauding.
The '-s' ending is so ingrained in English that we rarely think about it, but it's one of the few inflections that survived from Old English into modern English—'he belauds' marks the third person just as it did 800 years ago.
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