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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Applause \Ap*plause"\, n. [L. applaudere applausum See
{Applaud}.]
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly
expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the
feet, acclamation, huzzas or other means marked
commendation.
The brave man seeks not popular applause. --Dryden.
Syn: Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
applause
n : a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
[syn: {hand clapping}, {clapping}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
APPLAUSE, n. The echo of a platitude.
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