单词 | jovialize |
释义 | jovializev. 1. transitive. To make jovial; to cause to be jolly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > cause to be merry [verb (transitive)] merrya1350 mirtha1400 to meng with mirth(s)c1440 frolic1582 jovialize1614 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III ii. vii. sig. D3 Heere I began to Iouialize my spirit. 1780 F. Burney Let. 4 June in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2003) IV. 134 A spirit, a gaity & a activity that jovialised us all. 1860 L. Hunt Autobiogr. xxii. 391 Lamb, whose countenance, a little jovialized, he engrafted upon an active little body. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > be merry [verb (intransitive)] blissc897 spilea1000 merryOE to make good cheera1275 blithea1400 gleea1400 to play the goodfellow1563 jolly1610 to keep Hilary term1618 gaya1629 jovialize1640 1640 G. Abbot Whole Bk. Iob Paraphr. xxi. 134/2 No mens children lead merrier lives than theirs, dancing and joviallizing. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 51 At a great assembly, to feast and jovialize it. a1675 J. Lightfoot Rem. (1700) 102 Their wicked inhabitants prospered and jovialized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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