v. colloq. [f. as prec. + -FY.]

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  1.  trans. To make jolly or merry; to make slightly intoxicated; cf. JOLLY a. 3 b.

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1824.  Blackw. Mag., XV. 600. Such things serve as shoeing-horns to draw on more bottles by jollifying the host.

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  2.  intr. To make merry; esp. to indulge in drinking.

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1830.  Fraser’s Mag., I. 212/1. Noah was about performing a religious rite at the very moment that he jollified.

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1865.  Pall Mall Gaz., 29 Dec., 3/1. The tens of thousands who jollified at Sydenham on Boxing Day.

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1880.  Blackmore, Mary Anerley, I. vi. 66. Here will they all jollify together, while the sky holds a cloud, or the locker a drop.

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