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 .
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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