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jovialize, v.|ˈdʒəʊvɪəlaɪz|
[f. jovial a. + -ize.]
1. trans. To make jovial; to cause to be jolly.
1614C. Brooke Leg. Rich. III, vii, Here I began to jouialize my spirit. 1780F. Burney Diary 5 June, A spirit, a gaiety, and an activity that jovialised us all. 1860L. Hunt Autobiog. xxii. 391 Lamb, whose countenance, a little jovialized, he engrafted upon an active little body.
†2. intr. To be jovial, to make merry. Obs.
1634Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 51 At a great assembly, to feast and jovialize it. 1640G. Abbott Job Paraphr. 134 No mens children lead merrier lives than theirs, dancing and joviallizing. a1675Lightfoot Rem. (1700) 102 Their wicked inhabitants prospered and jovialized. |