Laugh, vb. 1) to express merriment by the features and certain sounds of the voice: Ven. 414. Sonn. 98, 4. Compl. 124. Gent. II, 1, 27. Wiv. I, 4, 162. IV, 2, 108. Err. III, 1, 50. LLL V, 2, 107 etc. etc. “interjections of --ing,” Ado IV, 1, 23. “they l. that win,” Oth. IV, 1, 126. Followed by an inf. denoting the cause: “we have --ed to see the sails conceive,” Mids. II, 1, 128. H6A II, 3, 45. H6B II, 1, 155. With “at:” Lucr. 1066. Tp. II, 1, 175. Wiv. I, 1, 122. II, 2, 326. V, 5, 181. Ado II, 1, 147. LLL IV, 3, 148. LLL IV, 3, 148 Mids. II, 1, 39. Merch. I, 1, 53. III, 1, 57. As II, 2, 9. Wint. II, 3, 24. H5 V, 2, 198. H6B II, 4, 12. H8 I, 3, 35. III, 1, 107. Cor. IV, 1, 27. Rom. II, 2, 93. Cymb. IV, 2, 211 etc. With upon (== to laugh significatively in looking at one): LLL V, 2, 475. Shr. IV, 4, 76.
Followed by an accus. and an adv. or prepositional phrase, denoting the result: “Pompey doth l. away his fortune,” Ant. II, 6, 109. “l. this sport o'er by a country fire,” Wiv. V, 5, 256 (cf. Over). “--s out a loud applause,” Troil. I, 3, 163. “he denies it faintly, and --s it out,” Oth. IV, 1, 113 (seeks to hide it by laughing). “will you l. me asleep?” Tp. II, 1, 188. “I shall l. myself to death,” II, 2, 158. Ado III, 1, 75. Tw. III, 2, 72. Ant. II, 5, 19. Ant. II, 5, 19 to l. to scorn == to deride: Ven. 4. Err. II, 2, 207. As IV, 2, 19. H6A IV, 7, 18. Mcb. IV, 1, 79. V, 5, 3. V, 7, 12. Double acc.: “l. themselves mortal,” Meas. II, 2, 123.
2) to be gay, to appear gay: “whom I have --ed with,” All's V, 3, 179. “the world may l. again,” H6B II, 4, 82.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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