plaudite

English

Noun

plaudite (plural plaudites)

1. Obsolete form of plaudit.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 84:

     " […] so that she would so shamefully fail in the last Act, in this contrivance of the nature of Man, that in stead of a Plaudite she would deserve to be hissed off the Stage."

   • "John Donne and the theology of language": John Donne, P. G. Stanwood, Heather Anne Ross Asals, https://books.google.com/books?id=sItaAAAAMAAJ&q=plaudites&dq=plaudites&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DZeZVbGdOoLi-QHonp3gCA&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg

     S. Hierom charges Vigilantius, that howsoever he differed from him in opinion after, yet when he had heard him preach of the Resurrection before, he had received that Doctrine with Acclamation and Plaudites.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

plaudite

1. inflection of plaudire:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

plaudite f pl

1. feminine plural of plaudito

Latin

Verb

plaudite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of plaudō