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The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

ther or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect. Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

s with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.

To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. Shak.

To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.

Inclined to mirth; jolly. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Well disposed, in good condition; in good health. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. Prior.

Something which serves to raise mirth; as:

To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.

Exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure. -- n.

Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.

Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv. The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. Thomson.

To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. Shak.

To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth. Is this a time for fooling Dryden.

fy; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.

Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.

A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. He would be at his frolic once again. Roscommon.

In a frolicsome manner; with mirth and gayety. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.