Expression of approval, commendation, or admiration, The expression of any opinion, whether in commendation or otherwise; hence, fame; reputation, A ground or reason for praise, verb_ To give praise to, express approval of, transitive verb_ To express a feeling of veneration or gratitude to (a deity); worship or glorify, To express warm approval of, commendation for, or admiration for, To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts