Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Laudatory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bestowing laud or praise; laudatory.
- noun A panegyric; a eulogy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Laudatory.
- noun obsolete A panegyric; a eulogy.
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- adjective Laudatory
- noun obsolete A
panegyric ; aeulogy - Francis Bacon
Etymologies
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Examples
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And yet I have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning, or to make a hymn to the Muses
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As we approached one of the main avenues of the city, I saw men standing on their heads shouting "Maltu Mephis!" and others saluting and shouting the same stereotyped mandatory laudative.
Carson of Venus Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 1939
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And yet I have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning, or to make a hymn to the Muses (though I am of opinion that it is long since their rites were duly celebrated), but my intent is, without varnish or amplification justly to weigh the dignity of knowledge in the balance with other things, and to take the true value thereof by testimonies and arguments, divine and human.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Okay, so I wasn't quite as laudative as I remember, but the fact is that he was extremely entertaining and one of my favourite recurring characters on the show.
Cultural Learnings 2008
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