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laudative, a. and n. rare.|ˈlɔːdətɪv|
[ad. L. laudātīv-us, f. laudāt-, ppl. stem of laudāre to laud. Cf. F. laudatif.]
A. adj. Expressive of praise; laudatory. Const. of.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xvi. i. 52 Now whatsoever in this narration shall be delivered..shall pertaine in manner to a laudative argument. 1656Blount Glossogr., Laudative, of or belonging to commendation, wherein praise is contained. 1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 3 Strains not simply laudative of Oporto, but vituperative..of Bordeaux.
Comb.1833Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) II. 346 A kind of lampoon, laudative-vituperative (as it ought to be).
†B. n. A laudative expression or discourse; a eulogy, panegyric. Obs.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. i. v. §12 (1873) 44, I have no purpose to enter into a laudative of learning. 1633Wotton Let. in Reliq. (1651) 456 A tempest of Panegyricks and Laudatives of their Princes. 1674T. Turnor Case Bankers & Creditors Introd. 2 Thuanus..unto other Laudatives of that Princes Reign, adds this. |