To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
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To applaud.
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A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
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The face; the countenance or its expression.
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Small roundish masses of ice precipitated from the clouds, where they are formed by the congelation of vapor. The separate masses or grains are calle…
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An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an a…
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To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
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Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture.
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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…
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To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
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To applaud.
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To applaud.
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A person who claps.
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A person who claps.
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…
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To applaud.
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To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
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imp. of Spit.
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