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(1):

(v. i.) Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.

(2):

(v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

(3):

(v. t.) To express by, or utter with, laughter; - with out.

(4):

(v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

(5):

(n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter. See Laugh, v. i.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Laugh'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/laugh.html. 1828.
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