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merrymakes

merrymakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of merrymake.

Meaning of merrymake

Verb

merrymake (third-person singular simple present merrymakes, present participle merrymaking, simple past and past participle merrymade)

  1. (archaic, literary) To make merry, have fun, celebrate.
    • Drawing near, / Loud from the chambers of the bridge below, / Sounds of carousal came and song, / And unveiled women bade the advancing youth / Come merry-make with them.1801, Robert Southey, “The Sixth Book”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume II, London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 45

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What is merrymakes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Merrymakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of merrymake.

Words near merrymakes in the dictionary

  1. merrymaid
  2. merrymaids
  3. merrymake
  4. merrymaker
  5. merrymakers
  6. merrymakes
  7. merrymaking
  8. merrymakings
  9. merryman
  10. Merrymans
  11. merrymeeting

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