Definitions
praise, glorify, or honor
Word origin
From Middle English lauden, from Old French lauder, from Latin laudō, laudāre, from laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”), from echoic Proto-Indo-European root *leh₁wdʰ- (“song, sound”). Cognate with Old English lēoþ (“song, poem”), German Lied (“song”). Doublet of leed.
Used in a sentence
“So doo vvell and thou ſhalt have laude of the ſame (that is to ſaye of the ruler) […]”
“Laud be to God”
“And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys tonge / and he ſpake lawdynge god.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“To praise highly”4 letters
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