If you extol something or someone, you praise them enthusiastically. Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato. to praise something very much extol the virtues/benefits etc of sth (extollere, from tollere )
extolled
Hyphenation
ex·tolled
Turkish pronunciation
îkstōld
Pronunciation
/əkˈstōld/ /ɪkˈstoʊld/
Etymology
(transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Latin extollere, from ex- + tollere to lift up; more at TOLERATE.