plausive
English
Etymology
From Latin plaudere, plausum (“to applaud”).
Adjective
plausive (comparative more plausive, superlative most plausive)
- (rare) laudable
- (obsolete) applauding; showing praise
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- (obsolete) plausible; specious
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for plausive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)