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plaudere [CL] 1 (tr.) to strike with a flat or concave surface, to clap. b (to express approval) to applaud, congratulate; c (w. dat. of person applauded). pludit, plaudit GlC P 452; plodo ‥ plosii vel plosivi, plosum ‥ i. repercutere Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 458. b plaudit, favet GlC P 443; cur in theatris te vidente id plauditur? haftud GlP 401. c ne prelati sibi plauderent pro eo quod quasi humanis judiciis sunt exempti Rob. Bridl. Dial. 172. 2 (intr.) to make a flapping sound, to flap (with wings). cum filium suum intumularet Daedalus, perdix in aere plaudebat pro Daedali luctibus, quia per Daedalum in avem fuerat mutatus Natura Deorum 124. 3 (manibus ~ere or sim.) to clap with the hands. plaudit, manibus sonum facit GlC P 479; reliqui ‥ manibus plaudentes et gratias ‥ Deo referentes Wulf. Æthelwold 39; manibus plaudens de tanti principis gloria Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 3 p. 73; manibus quoque plaudunt et ad invicem dicunt “ecce, jam eos habebimus” Simil. Anselmi 72. 4 to give expression to one’s approbation, rejoice; b (transf.). non ex sanguine nobilitatis plaudentium sed et pauperum gregem humiliter sentientium Theod. Laterc. 18; beata praemia ubi sancti plaudent coram Christo in aethris (Æthelwald) Cerne 41; pro me ‥ plaudit populus? V. Gund. 40; quid tristamus super plaudentem? Steph. Hard. Serm. 1376C; plaudit humus, Boree / fugam ridens exulis P. Blois Carm. 7. 1. 1; elecer, letari ‥ plaudere, exultare Gl. AN Ox. f. 154v; plaude puerperio, virgo vetule quia vero Vers. Peterb. Psalter 3a; plaudite sub optimo rege, cum talis affuerit Fortescue NLN I 25. b nunc socii luctus socio velut organa plaudunt Gower VC VII 299; organa nulla sibi nota vel citharistea plaudunt Ib. 753.

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