encomiast

[ Gr.engkōmiastēs, from engkō mios laudatory: en =in, and kõmos revelry.] One who indulges in encomium; one who praises another; a panegyrist. "Learning, as if grown superannuated, bestowed all encomiast upon its former achievements." its panegyric upon the vigor of its youth, and turned Goldsmith: Polite Learning , ch. ii. encomiastically *B. As subst.: An encomium, a panegyric. "I thank you, Mr. Compa , for your short encomi astic."-Ben Jonson: Magnetic Lady, i. 6. en-cô-mi-ăs-ti-cal-ly, adv. [Eng. encomias tical; -ly.] In an encomiastic manner or style; with encomiums. *ěn-cô-mi-on, s. [Gr.=a laudatory ode: engkō mios laudatory: en in, and kõmos revelry.] An encomium, a panegyric. *ěn-co-mi-on-ize, v . t . [Eng. encomion ; -ize .] To praise. ěn-cô-mi-um, s . [ENCOMION.] Praise, commendation, eulogy. "How eagerly do men propagate every little encomium their parasites make of them."-Government of the Tongue. some *ěn-com-môn, v. t . [Pref. en , and Eng. common (q. v.).] To make common. en-com-pa , v. t. [Pref. en, and Eng. compa (q. v.).] 1. To form a circle about; to encircle, to inclose. "Look how this ring encompa eth thy finger; Even so thy breast incloseth my poor heart." Shakesp.: Richard III ., 1. 2. 2. To surround, to environ, to invest, to shut in. "He, having scarce six you sand in his troop, By three and twenty you sand of the French Was round encompa ed , and set upon." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , i. 1. *3. To go round; to make the circuit of. *4. To compa , to obtain, to gain, to come by. "Ah ha! Mistre Ford and Mistre Page, have I encompa ed you?"-Shakesp.: Merry Wives, ii. 2. *5. To contain within, to include. "When could they say, till now, that talked of Rome, That her wide walks encompa ed but one man?" Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar , 1. 2. For the difference between to encompa and to surround , see SURROUND.