v. [ad. L. arrīdē-re (or It. arridere) to smile upon, to be pleasing to, f. ar- = ad- to, at + rīdē-re to laugh, smile.]
† 1. To smile at, laugh at, scorn. Obs.
1622. Dekker, If not good, Wks. 1873, III. 294. If your Grace Arride the toyes they bragd of.
1628. trans. Owen’s Epigrams (N.). What means arrided Rider’s book, thus stil’d A library?
1656. Blount, Gloss., Arride, to smile or look pleasantly upon.
2. To please, gratify, delight. ? Obs.
1599. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Hum., II. i. Fas. ’Fore Heavens, his humour arrides me exceedingly. Car. Arrides you? Fas. I, pleases me.
1671. Shadwell, Humourists, III. Wks. 1720, I. 170. It arrides me extreamly, to think how he will be bobb’d.
a. 1757. Cibber, in New Hist. Eng. Stage (1882), I. 240. A new opera … which infinitely arrided both sexes and pleased the town.
1823. Lamb, Elia, II. xvii. (1865), 344. That conceit arrided us most … and still tickles our midriff to remember.
