(Ancient Rome) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph. / (by extension) A (ceremony for the) recognition of some achievement. / (by extension) Prolonged enthusiastic applause.

(zoology, obsolete, rare) The act of laying eggs.

(transitive, intransitive, informal, rare) To give (someone) an ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause).

plural of ovation

(informal, rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ovation

(informal, rare) simple past tense and past participle of ovation

(informal, rare) present participle of ovation

Of or relating to ovation.

An Irish bard. / A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.

Shaped like an egg. / (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.