Laud, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lauding.] [L.
laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf. Allow.] To praise in words
alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol.
With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious
name.
Book of Common Prayer.
Laud`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. laudabilitas.] Laudableness;
praiseworthiness.
Laud"a*ble (?), a. [L. laudabilis: cf. OE. laudable. See Laud, v. i.]
1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable
motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
2. (Med.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote
healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.
Arbuthnot.
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Laud"a*ble*ness (ld"*b'l*ns), n. The quality of being laudable;
praiseworthiness; commendableness.
Laud"a*bly (?), adv. In a laudable manner.
Lau"da*nine (?), n. [From Laudanum.] (Chem.) A white organic base,
resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium.
Lau"da*num (?), n. [Orig. the same wort as ladanum, ladbdanum: cf. F.
laudanum, It. laudano, ladano. See Ladanum.] Tincture of opium, used
for various medical purposes.
A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of
one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of
alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of
opium in the fluid ounce. U. S. Disp.
Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.) See under Dutchman.
Lau*da"tion (?), n. [L. laudatio: cf. OE. taudation. See Land, v. t.]
The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.
Laud"a*tive (?), a. [L. laudativus laudatory: cf. F. laudatif.]
Laudatory.
Laud"a*tive, n. A panegyric; a eulogy. [Obs.] Bacon.
||Lau*da"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. One who lauds.
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2. (Law) An arbitrator. [Obs.] Cowell.
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.
Laud"er (?), n. One who lauds.
Laugh (lf), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laughed (lft); p. pr. & vb. n.
Laughing.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan, hlihhan, hlyhhan,
hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G. lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan,
lahhn, 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, v. t. 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or
ridicule.
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?
Shak.