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eulogising

eulogising is the present participle and gerund of eulogise.

Meaning of eulogise

Verb

eulogise (third-person singular simple present eulogises, present participle eulogising, simple past and past participle eulogised)

  1. (UK) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to someone, especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
    • Suddenly the calm current of their ordinary existence is disturbed by a visit from the reigning monarch; all the little, mean, and malevolent passions—vices, we should rather say—engendered of vanity and vexation of spirit, rise at once to the surface of the troubled waters—troubled by the demon of...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 178

Questions about eulogising

What is eulogising the present participle and gerund of?
Eulogising is the present participle and gerund of eulogise.

Words near eulogising in the dictionary

  1. eulogies
  2. eulogious
  3. eulogise
  4. eulogised
  5. eulogises
  6. eulogising
  7. eulogism
  8. eulogisms
  9. eulogist
  10. eulogistic
  11. eulogistical

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