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▪ I. applause, n.|əˈplɔːz|
[ad. L. applaus-us, vbl. n. f. applaud-ĕre: see applaud v. Cf. It. applauso, and Sp. aplauzo.]
1. Approbation loudly expressed; acclamation.
[1553–87Foxe A. & M. III. 828 They should depart speaking last, cum applausu populi, with the rejoycing triumph of the people.] 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iii. ii. 144 Hearing applause and vniuersall shout. 1623Bingham Xenophon 81 The Souldiers hearing his words gaue an applause. 1725Pope Odyss. viii. 404 Loud applauses rend the vaulted sky. 1879Froude Cæsar xiii. 175 Applause rang out from a hundred thousand throats.
2. Demonstrative approbation, marked approval or commendation.
1601Cornwallyes Ess. xii, Nothing goeth with full applause, that holdes not his perfection to the end. 1714Spect. No. 610 ⁋5 We should not be led away by the Censures and Applauses of Men. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 17 The preacher understood the true value of popular applause. 1804Wellington in Gurwood Desp. III. 133 He has always conducted himself in such a manner as to gain my applause.
†3. Agreement or assent formally or publicly expressed. Cf. applaud v. 2 b. Obs. rare.
1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. x. (1627) 153 The Latine of Tully being the purest, by the general applause of all the Learned.
†4. The object of applause. Cf. aversion. Obs.
1623B. Jonson in Shaksp. C. Praise 148 The applause! delight! the wonder of our Stage.
▸ applause line n. orig. and chiefly U.S. Polit. a line in a speech calculated to appeal to its audience and receive applause.
1924W. Rogers Illiterate Digest 154 Every time a Politician gets in a speech, he digs up this Gettysburg quotation... Lincoln meant well, but he only succeeded in supplying an *applause line for every Political Speaker who was stuck for a finish. 2003Washington Post (Home ed.) 1 July a11/4 It's a good applause line for a crowd of red-meat political supporters.
▸ applause meter n. a device used to measure the volume of an audience's applause (and, hence, to gauge enthusiasm); also in figurative contexts; cf. clapometer n.
1937N.Y. Times 27 Mar. x. 10/3 An *applause meter, projected upon a screen, registers the reactions of the audience. 1955Accounting Rev. 30 137/2 Demand for a course still on the drawing board can hardly be expected to register heavily on the student applause meter. 1986S. J. Younger Human Values in Crit. Care Med. v. 111 [They] have used the media to publicize individual cases... We believe an ‘applause meter’ lacks the sophistication necessary in making such difficult resource allocation and social/medical/ethical decisions. 2001Independent (Electronic ed.) 23 June The audience would then applaud each story—and a rather crude ‘applause meter’ (replete with a rickety arrow) would be superimposed on the screen.
▪ II. † aˈpplause, v. Obs.
[by-form of applaud, f. L. applaus- ppl. stem of applaud-ĕre, as in erase f. ērās-, ēradĕre, diffuse f. diffūs-, diffundĕre. Perh. the pple. applaused was first formed on L. applausus, and the vb. educed from it.]
= applaud v.
1602Warner Alb. Eng. ix. xlix. (1612) 226 Her sweete Presence, so applaus'd as in Sea-stormes a Calme. 1612–5Bp. Hall Contemp. xix. (1628) 1286 That applaused consent of his [Ahab's] rabble of prophets. a1634Chapman Alphonsus, Plays III. 222 With a general voice applaus'd his death. |