Praised someone or something highly and publicly; spoke about with great enthusiasm and admiration.
Past tense of extol, derived from Old French 'extolir' and Latin 'extollere' (to lift up or raise). The double-l spelling reflects the British standardization of the verb, while American English sometimes uses single-l.
History shows us that people 'extolled' the same things in opposite ways—slavery, different political systems, opposite medicines—which reminds us that just because something is praised enthusiastically doesn't mean it's actually good; we should question what's being praised and why.
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