ˈajəˌlāt also ˈadyəˌl- or ˈad ə lˌ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: back-formation from adulation, from Middle English adulacioun, from Middle French adulation, from Latin adulation-, adulatio, from adulatus (past participle of adulari to flatter, to wag a tail, perhaps from ad- + a root akin to Sanskrit vāla, vāra tail, Lithuanian valaī horse's tail) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : to praise effusively and slavishly : flatter excessively : fawn upon
sheepish fools that adulate every decision of their leaders
b. : to pay homage to without exercising a critical sense of values
a man who respects science without adulating it
2. : to admire or be devoted to abjectly and excessively
teen-agers adulating the newest movie star