eulogize

Verb

eulogize (third-person singular simple present eulogizes, present participle eulogizing, simple past and past participle eulogized)

1. (transitive) To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
   • Brill's brother Michael also eulogized David's battle for justice in "defending the rights of men, women and children."1979 December 1, Political Analyst David Brill Dies, “Pat M. Kuras”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 6
   • Both did say a few words, both informally eulogizing my father, though neither admitted that was what they were doing.1993, Octavia Butler, chapter 12, in Parable of the Sower

   Synonyms:

   extol, laud, panegyrize, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend