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Webster 1913 Edition
Laureate
Lau′re-ate
,Adj.
[L.
laureatus
, fr. laurea
laurel tree, fr. laureus
of laurel, fr. laurus
laurel: cf. F. lauréat
. Cf. Laurel
.] Crowned, or decked, with laurel.
Chaucer.
To strew the
laureate
hearse where Lycid lies. Milton.
Soft on her lap her
laureate
son reclines. Pope.
Lau′re-ate
,Noun.
1.
One crowned with laurel; a poet laureate.
“A learned laureate.” Cleveland.
Lau′re-ate
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Laureated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Laureating
.] To honor with a wreath of laurel, as formerly was done in bestowing a degree at the English universities.
Webster 1828 Edition
Laureate
LAU'REATE
,Adj.
Decked or invested with laurel; as laureate hearse.
Soft on her lap her laureate son reclines.
Poet laureate, in Great Britain, an officer of the king's household, whose business is to compose an ode annually for the king's birthday, and for the new year. It is said this title was first given him in the time of Edward IV.
LAU'REATE
,Verb.
T.