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To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak.

A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy. Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon. -- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.

Conducive; tending. Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.

ain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live. And how shall we continue Claudio. Shak.

o utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.] To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud.

A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command. Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow Shak.

princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Milton. Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech. Longfellow.

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. Shak. Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. Macualay.

To cry up, to enhance the value or reputation of by public and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.

A cupboard. [Obs.] Laud.

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.] Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. Chaucer.

starch into sugar. The influence of acids and alkalies on the diastatic action of saliva. Lauder Brunton.

To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] Laud.

Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself Bp. Watson.

ucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe.…

op upon a harpsichord contrived for producing the soft effect of distant sound. -- To applaud to the echo, to give loud and continuous applause. M. Arnold. I would applaud thee to the very echo, That should applaud again. Shak.

Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.