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- adjective Crowned with
laurel , or with alaurel wreath ;laureate
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- adjective crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory
Etymologies
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Examples
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But now that the 80-year-old Mr. Eastwood has become a kind of grey panther of American auteurs, prolific and frequently laurelled, he's approaching the infinite with a new regard.
The Best of the Rest Greater New York Staff 2010
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M. Paul Emanuel (it was he) returned from Rome, and now a travelled man, was not likely to be less tolerant of insubordination now, than before this added distinction laurelled his temples.
Villette 2003
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I have no doubt that Dwight Eisenhower will be laurelled with the Presidency any time he wants it, on either ticket.
Space Michener, James 1982
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Hudson, Vicksburg, Morris Island, and elsewhere, stand forth in imperishable attestation of the fact that the distinction of being laurelled during life as victor, or filling [239] in death a hero's grave, is reserved for no colour, but for the heart that can dare and the hand that can strike boldly in a righteous cause.
West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas
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On the strongest shoulders he rides, and pulls the hair of laurelled heads.
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers Benj. N. Martin
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Could not that laurelled head the flames restrain?
The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse 54 BC-19 BC Tibullus
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Ovid dares to group him with the laurelled shades of Catullus and Gallus, of whom the former had lampooned the divine Julius and the latter had been exiled by Augustus.
The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse 54 BC-19 BC Tibullus
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On the return of the Victorians from Sydney, a reporter for the _Herald_ designated them 'the laurelled warriors.'
The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert Horace Wyndham
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Him the wise assembly of prophets attendeth, the venerable senate of apostles embraceth, the laurelled army of martyrs exalteth, the white-robed company of confessors accepteth, and the innumerable number of the elect receiveth with all honor and with all glory.
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Not dazzling battle-bursts alone, not alone victorious charges on the trampled plain, not splendid triumphs, when laurelled legions march home from conquered provinces and humbled lands, not the mighty deeds of mighty men in camps, nor the mighty words of mighty men in senates, though all these do their part, and a grand part too -- not these alone give the great land its character and might.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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