laetificate

verb — 2 senses

laetificate

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Latin laetificātus, perfect passive participle of laetificō (“to be energetic or outgoing”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1

Ambitransitive, Formal, Rare To make, or become, happy.

  • It is called the laetificant, or Powder of gladness, from its effect, for it laetificates the heart and spirits1657, Richard Tomlinson, transl., A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of Physick: […] , translation of original by Jean de Renou:
2

Formal, Rare To enrich; to fertilize.

Derived terms
laetification

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