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MER'RY, a.

1. Gay and noisy jovial exhilarated to laughter.

Man is the merriest species of the creation.

They drank and were merry with him. Genesis 43

2. Causing laughter or mirth as a merry jest.
3. Brisk as a merry gale. This is the primary sense of the word.
4. Pleasant agreeable delightful.

To make merry, to be jovial to indulge in hilarity to feast with mirth. Judges 9 .

Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Merry'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​m/merry.html.
 
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