[f. as prec. + -ING2.] Loudly expressing approval or commendation.
1607. Shaks., Timon, V. i. 200. These words … enter in our eares, like great Triumphers In their applauding gates.
1704. J. Trapp, Abra-Mulé, I. i. 300. Throng’d with Multitudes Of the applauding soldiers.
1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., IV. 17. Amidst the applauding hums of the audience.
