v the object, ground, or reason of praise.
2. praise ·v to value; to appraise.
3. praise ·v commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
4. praise ·v to commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud;
applied to a person or his acts.
5. praise ·v to extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of;
applied especially to the divine being.
6. praise ·v especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the divine being; the act of glorifying or extolling the creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.