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preisen (v.t.)  to laud, praise, extol

Zur Verabschiedung des 62-Jährigen in die Pension pries der Bürgermeister ihn als Wiens berühmtesten, diskretesten und zuvorkommendsten Kellner.
For the farewell for the 62-year-old heading into retirement, the mayor praised him as Vienna's most famous, most discrete, and most accommodating waiter.

Principal parts: preisen, pries, gepriesen

From the German Listening Comprehension
exercise "Servus, Herr Oberkellner!"

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