arride
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of arride
1590–1600; < Latin arrīdēre to smile upon, please, equivalent to ar- ar- + rīdēre to smile, laugh; see ridicule
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Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me, are thy repositories of mouldering learning, thy shelves— What a place to be in is an old library!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
I read it a good deal later in French, and, being then better qualified, did perceive these merits, though it still did not greatly "arride" me.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
If regardant, then maintain your station, brisk and irpe, show the supple motion of your pliant body, but in chief of your knee, and hand, which cannot but arride her proud humour exceedingly.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
The auditors to whom it is feigned to be told, do not arride me.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
Without doubt, Lamb's taste on several matters was peculiar; for instance, there were a few obsolete words, such as arride, agnize, burgeon, &c., which he fancied, and chose to rescue from oblivion.
From Charles Lamb by Barry Cornwall
Still, on the whole the Variations arrided us vastly.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 by Sir Owen Seaman
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