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Word of the Day for Sunday, July 27, 2008extol \ik-STOHL\, transitive verb: To praise highly; to glorify; to exalt. The processes of nature, which most writers extol as symbols of renewal and eternal life, were always seen darkly by Kerouac. Let your deeds themselves praise you, for here I leave them in all their glory, lacking words to extol them. Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, Extol derives from Latin extollere, "to lift up, praise," from ex-, "up from" + tollere, "to lift up, elevate." | |||||||||
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