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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
      This collocation consists of:
      Make merry through the time
      Make merry across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
      Rare