laetificate

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English

Etymology

From Latin laetificātus, from laetificō (to be energetic or outgoing).

Verb

laetificate (third-person singular simple present laetificates, present participle laetificating, simple past and past participle laetificated)

  1. (rare, formal, transitive, intransitive) To make, or become, happy.
    • 1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl., A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick: , translation of original by Jean de Renou:
      It is called the laetificant, or Powder of gladness, from its effect, for it laetificates the heart and spirits
  2. (rare, formal, transitive) To enrich; to fertilize.