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1) to use flattery or deceit to persuade, get information etc from, (a person) (cajole)

2) (to prepare) (a dish of) meat, fish, eggs etc cooked with hot-tasting spices; to try to win approval by using flattery etc (curry)

3) to give in (to a ruler, death, temptation, flattery etc) (succumb)

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Meaning:
adulation

the giving of too much praise or respect, especially to win favour

overenthusiastic praise

deary

(used by an elderly woman to a younger person, or a mother to her child) = dear

lover

honey

a sweet, sticky yellowish substance made by bees

lover

magnification

(especially) the act, amount, power, of magnifying

praise

praise

(an expression of) admiration or approval; honour and thanks (to God)

congratulations; adoration

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