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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456-1602
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Extoll, -olle, v. [e.m.E. extolle (c. 1500), L. extollere.] tr. To exalt; to praise highly. 1456 Hay II. 85/5.
To extolle folk that ar worthy to hye honouris 1456 Ib. 107/14.
To extoll thy name and thy worschip a1500 Henr. Orph. 3 (A).
His gret ancestry and lyneall discence [he] Suld first extoll c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 114.
Vp to the heven extolling myne ententioun c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5244.
Extolland thare traditionis Abufe Christis institutionis 1602 Colville Parænese Ep. 63.
Vhose … pietie can not be condinglie extollit by a pen lyk myne
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