Etymology

overpraise

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Today it means: To do so toward a person. Full definition →

Middle English overpreisen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverpreisen
  2. English todayoverpraise

From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.