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Not laudable; not praise-worthy; worthy of censure or disapprobation. Milton. -- Il*laud"a*bly, adv. [Obs.] Broome.

Not closing or shutting.

To applaud. [Obs.] Chapman.

A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow.

Applauding; commending.

To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson.

n sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes.

actions; a relation or narrative; a report; a description; as, an account of a battle. "A laudable account of the city of London." Howell.

To extol; to laud. [Obs.] Greatly advancing his gay chivalry. Spenser.

Praiseworthy; laudable. [Obs.] Hacket.

ing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. Swift.

from ancient Rome trough Capua to Brundisium, now Brindisi, constructed partly by Appius Claudius, about 312 b. c.

The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden.

distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison.

The act of expulsion.[Obs.] Abp. Laud.

Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.] Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast of historians. Macaulay.

e Roman Catholic or of the Greek Church for the seven canonical hours, namely, matins and lauds, the first, third, sixth, and ninth hours, vespers, and compline; -- distinguished from the missal.

to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging.