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Meanings of make merry in English

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities.

Usage of make merry in English
1
These men eat and make merry; let it be their funeral feast.
Allan Quatermain
2
Nana was struck and did her best to make merry about it.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
3
To make merry in camp is not all of a ranger's life.
Sixes and Sevens
4
And Eumaeus answered: Eat, stranger, and make merry with what thou hast.
The Story of the Odyssey
5
Eat, luckless stranger, and make merry with such fare as is here.
The Odyssey of Homer
6
Then soothly shall we make merry o'er butts of good October brewing.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
7
So, now you have come, you can help us make merry, Schönleben.
The Young Carpenters of Freiberg / A Tale of the Thirty Years' W...
8
Photo: Wikicommons Shares continued to make merry, hitting a high in September 1929.
Radio NZ
9
I could not make merry while he wept; my heart would weep also.
Other Things Being Equal
10
Hereupon they sat down and began to eat and drink and make merry.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2
11
He is court jester, at whose quips the generations make merry.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
12
Enter, and make merry with us, and to-morrow go your way.
Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green
13
At home we always eat, drink and make merry, for to-morrow never comes.
The Man from Brodney's
14
Therefore, Teule, make merry while you may, and die bravely when you must.
Montezuma's Daughter
15
Be a good boy, and make merry-itis my wish.
The lady elizabeth
16
But do not fear, we shall make merry at Chelsea.
The lady elizabeth
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Make merry through the time
Make merry across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare