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<hw>Ex*tol"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extolled</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extolling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extollere</ets>; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>tollere</ets> to lift, take up, or raise: cf. OF. <ets>extoller</ets>. See <er>Tollerate</er>, and cf. <er>Flate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who <b>extolled</b> you in the half-crown boxes, Where you might sit and muster all the beauties. <i>Beau.<?/ Fl.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; <as>as, to <ex>extol</ex> virtue; to <ex>extol</ex> an act or a person.</as></def>

<blockquote>Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you <b>extol</b> me thus? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud; glorify. See <er>Praise</er>.</syn>

<h1>Extoller</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tol"ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>One who extols; one who praises.</def>

<h1>Extolment</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tol"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Praise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Extorsive</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Extort</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving or tending to extort. <mark>[R.]</mark> <i>Johnson.</i></def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*tor"sive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[R.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Extort</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extorted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extorting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>extortus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>extorquere</ets> to twist or wrench out, to extort; <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>torquere</ets> to turn about, twist. See <er>Torsion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; <as>as, to <ex>extort</ex> contributions from the vanquished; to <ex>extort</ex> confessions of guilt; to <ex>extort</ex> a promise; to <ex>extort</ex> payment of a debt.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To get by the offense of extortion. See <er>Extortion</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Extort</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tort"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To practice extortion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Extort</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tort"</hw>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extortus</ets>. p. p.]</ety> <def>Extorted.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Extorter</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tort"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who practices extortion.</def>

<h1>Extortion</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tor"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>extorsion</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is extorted or exacted by force.</def>