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   What does adulate mean?

   • , ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing. to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely. Calumniate a human being in youth—adulate that being in age;—what has been the interval? It is true, people are permitted to adulate slavery—so they are allowed to adulate kings, where kings reign.

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   How do you use adulate in a sentence?

   • Or, go to the definition of adulate. Everywhere he goes, people adulate him and treat him as some kind of god. I've always admired her for her generous spirit. I respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently. Everyone thinks highly of him. Her colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.

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   What syllable is adulate?

   • The most interesting syllable in adulate is the ul -, which comes from ulos, a Latin word meaning "tail." The idea is that if you're heaping flattery on someone, you might as well be a dog wagging its tail, panting for a treat. Not that there's anything wrong with a little flattery. Or dogs. "Adulate."

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   Do people adulate?

   • People will adulate - and imitate - writers, philosophers, political theorists, and college professors without subjecting their behavior to any moral scrutiny whatsoever. Douglas Hay and Norma Landau's examination of the legal system of eighteenth-century England leads them neither to adulate nor castigate; rather they appear to chide.

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   Adulate definition: to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.. See examples of ADULATE used in a sentence.

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   to admire or praise someone very much, especially when this is more than is deserved: The boxer was convicted of rape, and yet is still adulated by many. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to admire someone or something. admire I've always admired her for her generous spirit.

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   to admire or praise someone very much, especially when this is more than is deserved: The boxer was convicted of rape, and yet is still adulated by many. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to admire someone or something. admire I've always admired her for her generous spirit.

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   To adulate is to flatter someone. A lot. Like, drop-on-your-knees-and-clasp-your-hands-and-say-"you-are-the-greatest-ever-to-walk-the-earth" a lot. The most interesting syllable in adulate is the ul -, which comes from ulos, a Latin word meaning "tail."

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   1 day ago · adulate in American English. (ˈædʒuˌleɪt ; ˈædʒəˌleɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: ˈaduˌlated or ˈaduˌlating. 1. to praise too highly or flatter servilely. 2. to admire intensely or excessively. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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   verb. [with object] praise (someone) excessively:he was adulated in the press. More example sentences. Louis's entry, then Conde's was a standard celebration of royal majesty, ‘an occasion to adulate the royal person. As the opening titles read, ‘Madame de… was a very lovely, elegant and adulated woman.

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   Definitions of 'adulate' to flatter or praise obsequiously. [...] Conjugations of 'adulate' present simple: I adulate, you adulate [...] past simple: I adulated, you adulated [...] past participle: adulated. More. Synonyms of 'adulate' • deify, worship, praise, flatter [...] • love, adore, treasure, cherish [...] More. Translations of 'adulate'