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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈædjʊˌleɪt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈædʒəˌleɪt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(aj′ə lāt′)

Inflections of 'adulate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

adulates: v 3rd person singular

adulating: v pres p

adulated: v past

adulated: v past p

ad•u•late /ˈædʒəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

to admire or flatter too much:fans adulating a rock star.

ad•u•la•tion /ˌædʒəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
ad•u•la•tor, n.  [countable]
ad•u•la•to•ry /ˈædʒələˌtɔri/USA pronunciation  adj.

ad•u•late (aj′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.

Latin adūlātiōn- (stem of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equivalent. to adūlāt(us), past participle of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), apparently a nominal derivative, with ad- ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn- -ion
Middle French
back formation from adulation, Middle English 1770–80

ad′u•la′tion, n.
ad′u•la′tor, n.

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adulate /ˈædjʊˌleɪt/ vb

(transitive) to flatter or praise obsequiously

Etymology: 17th Century: back formation from C15 adulation, from Latin adūlāri to flatter

'adulate' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

love - worship

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