applaud

t. & i. [In Fr. & Port. ap plaudir; Sp. aplaudir; Ital. applaud ere, applaud ire; Lat. applaudo =to upon, to clap, especially to clap the hands in token of applause: ad = to, and plaudo = to clap, strike, beat; cognate with laudo = to praise, laus praise; also with Eng. loud.] [LOUD.] A. Transitive: 1. To expre approbation of, or admiration for, by clapping the hands. "I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again." Shakesp.: Macbeth, v. 8. 2. To expre approbation of, or admiration for, in any other way. "You, that will follow me to this attempt, Applaud the name of Henry, with your leader. (They all cry-Henry!)" Shakesp.: 3 Henry VI . , iv. 2. B. In trans.: To expre approval by clapping the hands. Applauded." All hearts Tennyson: Enid & Ger. ap-pla'ud-ěr, s. [Eng. applaud ; -er.] One who applauds. "I had the voice of my single reason against it drowned in the voices of a multitude of applauders ." -Glanvill: Scepsis Scientific a . ap-plâ'ud-ing, pr. par. & a [APPLAUD.] ap-plâu'se, s. [In Port. & Ital. applauso ; Sp. aplauso ; Lat. applausus , pa. par. of ap plaudo. Or from ad = to, and plausus = the noise of clapping or striking two bodies together; plaudo = to clap.] 1. Among the ancient Romans: Certain methods of expre ing applause, had recourse to in the theatres and elsewhere. There were three kinds of it: (1) bomb us = a humming or buzzing noise; (2) imbrices = noises made with the hollow hands; and (3) teste = the striking of the flat portion of the hands together after the manner of two testæ (tiles). 2. Now : High approbation expre ed by clapping the hands, beating the ground with the feet, giving forth huzzas, or in some similar way. "This communication was received with loud ap plause ."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xi.