laudatory

& s. [Lat. laudator i us, from laudatus, pa. par. of laudo to praise; O. Fr. laud atoire; Ital. & Sp. laud a to rio.] A. As adj .: Containing or expre ive of praise; extolling. "My discourse shall not be altogether laudatory ." Bishop Hall : Sermon , March 24, 1613. B. As subst. That which contains or expre es praise; a panegyric. "A laudatory of itself obtruded in the very first word." -Milton: Apol . for Smectymnuus. lâuder, s. [Eng. laud, v.; -er.] One who lauds or extols. 2480 laugh (ugh as f), *lagh-en, *lauh-en, *lauhwen, *lehgh-en, *lihgn en, *lah-hen, *lah-en, *laugh we, *laugh-en, *leigh-hen, *lauch, *lig he, *laughe (pa. t. * lough , #loughe , * lou he , #lowe , leighed , logh , lauhwed , * laghed , laughed ), v. i. & t . (A. S. hlehhan , hlihhan , hlihan, hlyhhan (pa. t. hloh); cogn. with Dut. lagchen ; Icel. hlæja (pa. t. hló); Dan. lee; Sw.le; Ger. lachen ; Goth. hlahjan (pa. t. hloh ), and allied to Gr. klö ō =to chuckle as a hen; klōzō -to cry as a jackdaw; krōzō = to caw, .; Lat. croci to , glocio ; Eng. crake , creak, clack , click , cluck , . ( Skeat , .)] A. Intransitive: I. Literally: 1. To expre merriment, pleasure, or gratification by a brightening or change of the countenance, accompanied generally by a chuckling noise, characteristic of mirth in the human species; to expre pleasure or mirth visibly and audibly. "For sometimes she would laugh , and sometimes cry, And sudden waxed wroth, and all she knew not why." Thomson: Castle of Indolence , i. 76. 2. To be pleased and amused. "All Europe read and admired, laughed and wept."_ Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. II. Fig .: To appear gay, bright, cheerful, or brill iant. "With splendor flame the skies and laugh the fields around." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xix. 389. B. Transitive : 1. To expre by laughing; to utter with a laugh. "From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida , i. 3. 2. To deride, to mock, to ridicule. (Followed by away , down , or out ; as, to laugh a scheme down ; to laugh a person out of a fancy, .) "[He] laughs the sense of misery far away ." Cowper: Table Talk, 239. (1) To laugh at : To mock, to deride, to rid i. cule, to treat with contempt. "Two, laughing at their lack of strength, Dragged Caliburn in cumbrous length." Scott: Bridal of Trier main, i. 17. (2) To laugh to scorn: To deride; to treat with the utmost contempt. "Lochiel would undoubtedly have laughed the doctrine of non-resistance to scorn ."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii, (3) To laugh in one's sleeve : To laugh privately or secretly while maintaining a serious or demure countenance. "The gods laugh in their sleeve To watch man's doubt and fear." Matthew Arnold: Empedocles on Etna , i. 2. (4) To laugh out of the other side or corner of the mouth . To laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth or face : To be made to feel regret, vexation, or disap point ment, especially after a display of exultation or satisfaction. "By-and-by thou wilt laugh on the wrong side of thy face."-Carlyle: Diamond Necklace , ch. iii. *(5) Laugh and lay down : An old game of cards, in which the winner laid down his cards upon the table, and laughed, or was supposed to do so, at his luck. We laugh at a person to his face; but we rid i cule his notions by writing or in the course of conversation: we laugh at the individual; we ridicule that which is maintained by one or many.