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.
1602. Warner, Alb. Eng., IX. xlix. (1612), 226. Her sweete Presence, so applaus’d as in Sea-stormes a Calme.
1612–5. Bp. Hall, Contemp., XIX. (1628), 1286. That applaused consent of his [Ahab’s] rabble of prophets.
a. 1634. Chapman, Alphonsus, Plays III. 222. With a general voice applaus’d his death.
