belauds

Verb

belaud (third-person singular simple present belauds, present participle belauding, simple past and past participle belauded)

1. (rare, transitive) To load with praise; praise greatly; extol.
   • Not, I am bound to say, that Lindsay was belauding his own prowess. But, what was worse, he appeared a centre of enormous interest to the men around him.1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major

   Synonyms:

   exalt, laud, panegyrize, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, bepraise, commend, cry up