Was heißt »benedeien« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »benedeien« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

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Do not praise anyone before you hear him speak, for that is the touchstone of human beings.
Why do you get embarrassed when people praise you?
Did the teacher praise you?
People ask you for criticism, but only expect praise.
Mary received praise and recognition from all sides for her accounts of Tom's life and work.
The work should praise the master!
However faultlessly these tasks were achieved, she never commended: it was a maxim with her that praise is inconsistent with a teacher's dignity, and that blame, in more or less unqualified measure, is indispensable to it.
No one thinks Mary is worthy of praise.
No one thinks Tom is worthy of praise.
A lot of people deflect praise that comes their way, because they don't know how to handle it.
Boys who love and take good care of their parents when they are old and sick, deserve praise.
So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.
I like to praise Mary.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.
Never praise a ford till you get over.
I cannot praise them too highly.
She is above praise.
They are unworthy of the praise given them.
He is worthy of our praise.