praise

Pronunciation

• enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

Etymology 1

From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).

Further reading

• “praise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “praise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pearis, Persia, perais, Parise, Paresi, Paries, aspire, spirea, paires, paries, Arispe

Adjective

praise

1. inflection of pras:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Noun

praise f

1. genitive singular of prais