panegyrize

verb panegyrize

• bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• cry up — to praise highly; extol
• glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
• hand it to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.