Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Laughed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Laugh \Laugh\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Laughed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Laughing}.] [OE. laughen, laghen, lauhen, AS. hlehhan,
hlihhan, hlyhhan, hliehhan; akin to OS. hlahan, D. & G.
lachen, OHG. hlahhan, lahhan, lahh?n, Icel. hl[ae]ja. Dan.
lee, Sw. le, Goth. hlahjan; perh. of imitative origin.]
1. To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar
movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the
mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and
usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or
chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in
laughter.

Queen Hecuba laughed that her eyes ran o'er. --Shak.

He laugheth that winneth. --Heywood's
Prov.

2. Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful,
lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets
crowned. --Dryden.

In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. --Pope.

{To laugh at}, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to
make fun of; to deride.

No wit to flatter left of all his store, No fool to
laugh at, which he valued more. --Pope.

{To laugh in the sleeve}

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