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In death, evoke praise (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

felicitate

'praise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in death evoke' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'death' becomes 'fate'.
'evoke' becomes 'elicit' ('elicit' can be a synonym of 'evoke'**).
'fate' enclosing 'elicit' is 'FELICITATE'.

(Other definitions for felicitate that I've seen before include "Praise" , "toast" , "Give best wishes to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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