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ADULATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they adulate ... he / she / it adulates
Past simple: adulated
Past participle: adulated
-ing form: adulating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flatter in an obsequious manner
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "adulate" is one way to...):
blandish; flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot adulate Sue
Derivation:
adulator (a person who uses flattery)
adulatory (obsequiously complimentary)
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