resmilev.
/ˌriːˈsmʌɪl/, U.S. /riˈsmaɪl/ Now rare.
intransitive. To smile back; to smile in return.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > smiling > smile [verb (intransitive)] > smile back
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1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids xi. 353 Mans mutable estate do oft conclude In sweet content; Fortune re-smiles on them Whom she before threw from a diadem.
1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin (1730) iii. 38 The smirking Barber brandishes on high A Bumper, which re-smiles with mutual Joy.
1865 E. T. B. Bennett Song of Rivers 24 When June advanced with gorgeous robes and sheen, And Earth re-smiled in garniture of green.
1963 J. B. Hall Yates Paul 79 Jane's behind the desk there. She smiles. That helps a little. He resmiles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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