noun

1. praise
2. any song or hymn of praise
3. the service of dawn which constitutes the second (or, when said together with matins, the first) of the canonical hours and includes psalms of praise; morning prayer

Etymology: ME laude < OFr < ML(Ec) laudes, pl. < L laus (gen. laudis), glory, praise < ? IE echoic base *lēu- > OE leoth, Ger lied, song

transitive verb

Etymology: ME lauden < L laudare < the n.