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arridere

arridēre [CL] , to smile at, say w. a smile. b (fig.) to be gracious or propitious. rex ‥ ~ebat ei [Ygerne] multociens et jocosa verba interserebat G. Mon. VIII 19; archiepiscopus vocato ‥ Constantino ei in hec verba arrisit: “Christus vincit” Ib. VI 4.  b adridente, tyctende GlC A 198; ubi oportunitas adridebat temporis Bede HE V 2; 764 cum tempus adrideat (Cuthb.) Ep. Bonif. 116; in his [accidentibus] ‥ eorum [sensibilium corporum] pulchritudo maxime ~et Eriug. Per. 544B; mundum sibi jocundissime ad votum ~entem ‥ recusavit G. Crispin Herl. 2; 1197 ut amici fortuiti fortune ~enti ~eant Ep. Cant. 415; s978 ipsi [Edwardo] ‥ ignobiliter sepulto arriscrunt divina miracula Higd. VI 12 p. 36; pessimum signum est quando talibus peccatoribus publicis ~et perseveranter mundi prosperitas Wycl. Mand. Div. 396.

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