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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
applaud/əˈplɔːd/

▶verb show approval by clapping.

■ praise or approve of.

– origin C15: from L. applaudere, from ad- ‘to’ + plaudere ‘to clap’, reinforced by Fr. applaudir.

'applaud' also found in these Oxford entries:

applause - bring - clap - claque - plaudits - plausible - put

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