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adulate

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ad·u·late  (j-lt)
tr.v. ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing, ad·u·lates
To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
[Back-formation from adulation.]
adu·lator n.
adu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.
adulate [ˈædjʊˌleɪt]
vb
(tr) to flatter or praise obsequiously
[back formation from C15 adulation, from Latin adūlāri to flatter]
adulator  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.adulate - flatter in an obsequious manner
blandish, flatter - praise somewhat dishonestly
Translations
adulate [ˈædjʊleɪt] VT → adular
adulate
vt to adulate somebody → jdn beweihräuchern, jdm lobhudeln
adulate [ˈædjʊleɪt] vt (frm) → adulare


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Like Louis's entry, then Conde's was a standard celebration of royal majesty, "an occasion to adulate the royal person
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Never been forced to adulate a figure we clearly know as such a jackass.
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Patent's dispassionate approach allows her to point out omissions (such as Lewis and Clark's failure to give a physical description of the coyote), sloppy documentation (the confusion of the grizzly bear's multiple names, for example), and strengths (the scope and volume of the data gathered) without appearing either to debunk or to adulate.
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