Ar-rīde', v. t.

v. t. [Lat. arridere, from ad and ridere, to laugh.] 1. To laugh at or with; to smile at or upon. 2. To please well; to gratify. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Charles Lamb.