a. [f. L. applaus- ppl. stem of applaud-ĕre + -IVE, as if ad. L. *applausīvus.] Characterized by applause.
1. Loudly expressive of approbation.
1609. Heywood, Bryt. Troy, XIV. xl. In the campe with much applausive ioy, Grim Pyrrhus is received.
1823. Scott, Quentin D., iv. Laughter, more scornful than applausive.
1843. Tennyson, Vis. Sin, 135. Greet her with applausive breath.
2. Expressive of approval; approbative.
1628. Earle, Microcosm., xlvi. He can listen to a foolish discourse with an applausive attention.
1660. Stanley, Hist. Philos. (1701), 85/1. If he sneezed himself before the enterprize, it was applausive.
1866. J. Rose, Virg. Ecl. & Georg., 103. Then let them [horses] learn their master’s voice to know, And arch the neck to his applausive blow.
† 3. Worthy of applause: agreeable, acceptable.
1605. Chapman, All Fools, II. That same vayne of rayling became Now most applausive; your best poet is He that rails grossest.
1607. Heywood, Wom. Kilde, 128. The pleasing taste of these applausive newes.
