Middle English Dictionary Entry
laudātī̆f adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | laudātī̆f adj. Also laudative. |
| Etymology | L laudātīvus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Complimentary, laudatory; ?exaggerated.
Associated quotations
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)317 : Alle þo figurative deuoute laudative spechis ben to be vndirstonde forto take her mere trouþe as þe propir spechis..ben to be resoluyd..like suche laudative spechis for deuocioun ben vsid forto seie þat preestis binden and vnbinden, holden and forȝeuen synnes in erþe eer god bynde and vnbynde, holde or forȝeue þe same synnys in heuene.