playl (pla)

[ 4†. Applauding; applausive. That when the epilogue is done we may with franke in hands, etc., = OS. plegan = OFries. plegia, tent, After the plaudite stryke vp our plausible a ente. Drant, tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. Euarchus, though neither regarding a prisoner's pa ion ate prayer nor bearing over - plausible ears a many-headed motion, yet [was] well enough content to win their liking with things in themselves indifferent. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, v. I will haste to declare of what virtue and strength the true and Christian prayer is, that men, knowing the efficacy and dignity, yea, and the nece ity thereof, may with the pure plausible and joyful minds delight in it. Becon, Works, I. 141. (Davies.) pligia, be wont or accustomed, use, = D. plegen, be wont or accustomed, use, commit, = MLG. LG. plegen = OHG. phlegan, pflegan, plegen, MHG. phlegen, pflegen, G. pflegen, be wont or accustomed, care for, cherish, administer, indulge, apply, etc., = Icel. plaga = Sw. pläga, be wont or accustomed, use, entertain, treat, = Dan. pleje, be accustomed; the AS. senses refer only to physical activity, the orig. sense of all the forms being appar. 'be in action,' whence ‘be busy, be concerned' (with a thing), 'be wont or accustomed' (to do something), senses leading to those of the derivative plight. Hence play1, n., and plight1.] I. in trans. 1. To move lightly and quickly; move with a brisk, lively, and more or le irregular and capricious motion, as water in waves or in a fountain, light and shadow on agitated water, leaves in Same as plau- the wind, tremulous flames, etc.; flutter; flicker; dart; dance; in mech., to move freely. And Cytherea all in sedges hid, Which seem to move and wanton with her breath, Even as the waving sedges play with wind. =Syn. 2. Colorable , Specious , etc. See ostensible . plausibleize (plaʼzi-bl-īz), v . t . [ plausible + -ize .] To render plausible; recommend. [Rare.] He [Richard III.] endeavoured to work himself into their good will by erecting and endowing of religious houses, so to plausibleize himself, especially among the Fuller , Church Hist., IV. iv. 7. clergy. plausiblene (plâʼzi-bl-nes), n . sibility. It is no trusting either to outward favour or to plausi blene of disposition; but the true fear of God is that the comfort whereof will stick by us always. Bp. Hall , Hard Texts, Prov. xxx i. 30. plausibly (plâʼzi-bli), adv . In a plausible manner. (at) With expre ions of applause or approval; with acclamation. The Romans plausibly did give consent To Tarquin's everlasting banishment. Shak., Lucrece, 1. 1854. ( b ) With fair show; speciously; so as to command attention or win approbation. They could talk plausibly about what they did not understand. Collier. If they be well considered they will convince any reasonable man that, how plausibly soever this objection looks at the first sight, yet there is nothing in the world in it, but it is all mere cavill. Abp . Sharp , Works, II. viii. Great crimes alarm the conscience, but it sleeps, While thoughtful man is plausibly amus'd. Cowper , Task, iii. 186.