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     • Add to word list Add to word list 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.
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   What does adulate mean?

   • 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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   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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   Where did the word adulate come from?

   • The earliest known use of the verb adulate is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for adulate is from 1612, in the writing of J. Taylor. adulate is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin adūlāt-, adūlārī.

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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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   adulate. verb [ T ] uk / ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt / us / ˈædʒ.ə.leɪt /. Add to word list. Add to word list. 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.

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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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   What does the verb adulate mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb adulate . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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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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   3 days 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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   6 days 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.