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Word entry · 4 letters

laud

Best crossword clue

"To praise highly"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /lɔːd/Part of speech verbSorted adluStarts with LEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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