Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plausive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plausive \Plau"sive\, a. [L. plaudere, plausum, to applaud.]
1. Applauding; manifesting praise. --Young.
2. Plausible, specious. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plausive
adj : expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative
criticism" [syn: {approving}, {approbative}, {approbatory}]
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