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Webster 1913 Edition

Arride

Ar-ride′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
arridere
;
ad
+
ridere
to laugh.]
To please; to gratify.
[Archaic]
B. Jonson.
Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most
arride
and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning.
Lamb.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arride

ARRI'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. arrideo.] To laugh at; to please well. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

arride

arride

English

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 moldering learning.
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Italian

Verb

arride

  1. third-person singular present indicative of arridere

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

arrīdē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of arrīdeō

Etymology

Latin arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.

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