acclaim β If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
bless β When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
celebrate β If you celebrate, you do something enjoyable because of a special occasion or to mark someone's success.
compliment β 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.
exalt β Hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of.
root β Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ΛΙl ΙΛhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845β1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
stroke β a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
hand it to β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
make much of β great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
lionize β to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
lionise β to treat (a person) as a celebrity: to lionize the visiting poet.
hike β to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.
put on a pedestal β an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
put up β planned beforehand in a secret or crafty manner: a put-up job.
admire β If you admire someone or something, you like and respect them very much.
adore β If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
revere β to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
approve β If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
reverence β a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
venerate β to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
worship β reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
pat on the back β to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
belt out β If you belt out a song, you sing or play it very loudly.
chant β A chant is a word or group of words that is repeated over and over again.
croon β If you croon, you sing or hum quietly and gently.
intone β to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
serenade β a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
shout β to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
wait β to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.