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S: (v) praise (express approval of) "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"

S: (v) troll (praise or celebrate in song) "All tongues shall troll you"
S: (v) salute (express commendation of) "I salute your courage!"
S: (v) applaud (express approval of) "I applaud your efforts"
S: (v) laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaim (praise, glorify, or honor) "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
S: (v) flatter, blandish (praise somewhat dishonestly)
S: (v) eulogize, eulogise (praise formally and eloquently) "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"
S: (v) compliment, congratulate (say something to someone that expresses praise) "He complimented her on her last physics paper"
S: (v) rave, gush (praise enthusiastically) "She raved about that new restaurant"
S: (v) commend (express approval of)
S: (v) commend, recommend (express a good opinion of)
S: (v) advertise, advertize, promote, push (make publicity for; try to sell (a product)) "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops"
S: (v) puff, puff up (praise extravagantly) "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
S: (v) sonnet (praise in a sonnet)

S: (v) commend (present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence) "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"
S: (v) commend (give to in charge) "I commend my children to you"
S: (v) commend, recommend (express a good opinion of)

S: (v) commend, remember (mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship) "Remember me to your wife"