arride

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arridere, from ad + ridere (“to laugh”).

Verb

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• arider, raider

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Verb

arride

1. third-person singular present indicative of arridere

Anagrams

• ardire
• arredi
• ridare
• riderà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) arrīdē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of arrīdeō