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n.
praise
1) to pay smb. a compliment
2) to lavish, shower compliments on
3) to return a compliment
4) to angle for, fish for compliments
5) to bandy compliments
6) a backhanded, dubious, left-handed; nice, pretty; sincere compliment
7) a compliment on (she paid him a nice compliment on his success)
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v. (D; tr.) to compliment on (I complimented him on his performance)