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applause

noun

  1. primarily a form of ovation, usually by the act of clapping, or striking the palms of the hands together, in order to create noise, to indicate approval, enjoyment, admiration, etc.
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Pronunciation: /əˈplɔːz/ / /əˈploːz/ / /əˈplɔz/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin applaususbor. English applause From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).

  1. The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation.

    A few days before, the adulations and applauses of a nation were sounding in her [Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma's] ears, and now she was come to this!

    Lestrade and I sat silent for a moment, and then, with a spontaneous impulse, we both broke at clapping, as at the well-wrought crisis of a play. […] It was at such moments that for an instant he [Sherlock Holmes] ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin applaususbor. English applause From Latin applausus, from applaudō (“to strike against, to applaud”) (whence applaud).

  1. To applaud.

    But (which had ſcarrefide our wounds, if wounded, with the Balme / Of her ſweete Preſence, ſo applaus’d as in Sea-ſtormes a Calme) / Her royall-ſelfe, Elizabeth our Soueraigne lawfull Queene, / In magnanimious Maieſtie amidſt her Troupes was ſeene.

    Now Ahab ſees the ground of that applauſed conſent of his rabble of Prophets: […]