praise, pre is, prayse, preys

[O. French pre is price, value, merit, from Latin pretium = price, value; Fr. prix; Sp. prez, precio; Ital. prezzo; Port. preco; Dut. prijs; Dan. priis; Sw.pris; MH. Ger. pris; Ger. pre is. Price and prize are the same word.] [PRICE, 8.] 1. The expre ion of high commendation or approval bestowed on a person for any excellent or meritorious quality or action, on meritorious actions themselves, or on anything for excellence of quality, values, or worth; laud, approbation, encomium, eulogy. "Best of fruits, whose taste has taught The tongue, not made for speech, to speak thy praise ." Milton: P. L., ix. 749. 2. The expre ion of gratitude for benefits or favors received; a glorifying or extolling; especially a tribute of gratitude and glorification to God for mercies or kindne es shown; laud, thanksgiving. ( Psalm xl. 3.) 3. A subject, ground, or reason of praise; a praise worthy quality or act; that which makes a person or thing deserving of praise. 4. That which is or should be praised; an object of praise. "He is thy praise, and he is thy God."- Deut. x. 21. praise-worth, a. Deserving of praise; prais worthy. prāişe, *prayse, *preise, *preyse, v . t. [O. F preiser, from Lat. pretio, from pretium =prio value; Fr. priser: Sp. preciar; Ital. prezzare , Port . prezar ; Dut. prijzen ; Dan. prise ; Sw.prisa ; M. H. Ger. prisen ; Ger. preisen .] *1. To value, to esteem, to set a value on. "She praiseth not his playing worth a bene." Chaucer: C. Т., 9,728. 2. To bestow praise, commendation, or applause on; to commend or approve highly; to laud, to eulogize. ( Milton : P. L. , ix. 693.) 3. To extol and glorify in words; to magnify; to render a tribute of praise, gratitude, or thanksgiving to. ( Psalm cvii. 8.) 4. To show forth the praises of. "Thy works shall praise thee, O Lord."- Psalm cxlv. 10. *prāişe-ful, a . [Eng. praise; -ful (1).] Deserving of praise; praiseworthy, laudable. "Of whose high praise, and praiseful bli , Goodne the pen, heaven the paper is." Sidney: Arcadia , bk. ii. prāişe-le , *prayse-le e, a. [Eng. praise ; -le .] Without praise or applause; unpraised. "With laughter great of men, his praysele e ship Sergestus brought." Phaer: Virgil ; Æneidos , v. *prāişe-ment, *prayse-ment, s. [Eng. praise ; -ment.] The act of valuing or appraising; value set on anything. prāiş-er, *prays-er, *pre is-er, s . [English prais (e); -er.] 1. One who praises, extols, commends, or applauds; a commender. of Northern and Central India which grew out of the Sanscrit, as Italian, Spanish, French, ., did from Latin. "One Prakrit dialect, the Pali, became in its turn the sacred language of southeastern Buddhism."-Whitney: Life and Growth of Language , ch. x. Pra-krit-ic, a . [Eng. prakrit ; -ic.] Pertaining or belonging to Prakrit. "The next stage of Indian language, to which the in script ions just referred to belong, is called the Prakritic ." -Whitney: Life and Growth of Language , ch. x.