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Merrymake

Mer′ry-makeˊ

,
Noun.
Mirth; frolic; a meeting for mirth; a festival.
[Written also
merrimake
.]

Mer′ry-makeˊ

,
Verb.
I.
To make merry; to be jolly; to feast.
[Written also
merrimake
.]

Definition 2024


merrymake

merrymake

English

Verb

merrymake (third-person singular simple present merrymakes, present participle merrymaking, simple past and past participle merrymade)

  1. (archaic, literary) To make merry, have fun, celebrate.

Noun

merrymake (plural merrymakes)

  1. (archaic, literary) Merry-making, celebration, festivity.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
      when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake, / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.

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