arride

English

Etymology

Latin arridere; ad + ridere (“to laugh”).

Verb

arride (third-person singular simple present arrides, present participle arriding, simple past and past participle arrided)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To please; to gratify.
    • Lamb
      Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of mouldering learning.
    • Ben Jonson Cynthia's Revels.
      A pretty air; in general, I like it well: but in particular, your long die-note did arride me most.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arride in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ide

Verb

arride

  1. third-person singular present indicative of arridere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

arrīdē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of arrīdeō
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