adulate

Verb
US[aj-uh-leyt]/ˈædʒəˌleɪt/3 syllables

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)

  1. flatter in an obsequious mannerMore general flatter, blandish

Related words adulatory adjective, flatterer noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ad′u·late (…), transitive verb

Origin: L. adulatus, p. p. of adulari.

To flatter in a servile way. George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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