v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lauding. ] [ L. laudare, fr. laus, laudis, praise. Cf. Allow. ] To praise in words alone, or with words and singing; to celebrate; to extol. [ 1913 Webster ]

With all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious name. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. laus, laudis. See Laud, v. i. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. High commendation; praise; honor; exaltation; glory. “Laud be to God.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

So do well and thou shalt have laud of the same. Tyndals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A part of divine worship, consisting chiefly of praise; -- usually in the pl. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the Roman Catholic Church, the prayers used at daybreak, between those of matins and prime, are called lauds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Music or singing in honor of any one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. laudabilitas. ] Laudableness; praiseworthiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laudabilis: cf. OE. laudable. See Laud, v. i. ] 1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being laudable; praiseworthiness; commendableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a laudable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Laudanum. ] (Chem.) A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Orig. the same wort as ladanum, ladbdanum: cf. F. laudanum, It. laudano, ladano. See Ladanum. ] Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water. English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium in the fluid ounce. U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.) See under Dutchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. laudatio: cf. OE. taudation. See Land, v. t. ] The act of lauding; praise; high commendation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laudativus laudatory: cf. F. laudatif. ] Laudatory. [ 1913 Webster ]