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   ad·u·late

   /ˈajəˌlāt/

   verb

   • 1. praise (someone) excessively: "he was adulated in the press"

   Word Origin early 17th century (earlier (late Middle English) as adulator): from Latin adulat- ‘fawned on’, from the verb adulari.

   Derivatives

   • 1. adulator noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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