Laudation
(Lau*da"tion) n. [L. laudatio: cf. OE. taudation. See Land, v. t.] The act of lauding; praise; high
commendation.
Laudative
(Laud"a*tive) a. [L. laudativus laudatory: cf. F. laudatif.] Laudatory.
Laudative
(Laud"a*tive), n. A panegyric; a eulogy. [Obs.] Bacon.
Laudator
(||Lau*da"tor) n. [L.]
1. One who lauds.
2. (Law) An arbitrator. [Obs.] Cowell.
Laudatory
(Laud"a*to*ry) a. [L. laudatorius: cf. OF. laudatoire.] Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression
of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.
Lauder
(Laud"er) n. One who lauds.
Laugh
(Laugh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed (l&auft); p. pr. & vb. n. Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen,
lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan,
lahhan, lahhen, Icel. hlæja, Dan. lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly
of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of
explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er.
Shak.
He laugheth that winneth.
Heywood's Prov. 2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned.
Dryden.
In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy.
Pope. To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride.
No wit to flatter left of all his store,
No fool to laugh at, which he valued more.
Pope. —
To laugh in the sleeve, to laugh secretly, or so as not to be observed, especially while apparently
preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward the person or persons laughed at. — To laugh out,
to laugh in spite of some restraining influence; to laugh aloud. — To laugh out of the other corner (or
side) of the mouth, to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation.
[Slang]
Laugh
(Laugh), v. t.
1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
Shak.
I shall laugh myself to death.
Shak. 2. To express by, or utter with, laughter; — with out.
From his deep chest laughs out a loud applause.
Shak.
