eulogize
Other forms: eulogized; eulogizing; eulogizes
To eulogize someone is to talk about how much you respect and admire them, especially as a memorial after their death. At funerals, sometimes several people eulogize the deceased person.
You can eulogize a living person — particularly if she has retired from a job — or even a place or a group. You might eulogize your elementary school after it's been closed, or eulogize the coach of your basketball team after she's left for a job in another town. The verb eulogize comes from eulogy, a speech that praises, from the Greek root eulogia, "praise" or "fine language," from eu, "well," and -logia, "speaking."
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praise formally and eloquently
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