ARRIDE

Etymology

Verb

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

(archaic, transitive) To please; to gratify.

Anagrams

• arider, raider

Source: Wiktionary


Ar*ride", v. t. Etym: [L. arridere; ad + ridere to laugh.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCHNORR

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