[smile] vb smiled ; smil.ing [ME; akin to OE smerian to laugh, Skt smayate he smiles] vi (14c) 1: to have, produce, or exhibit a smile
2. a: to look or regard with amusement or ridicule "smiled at his own folly --Martin Gardner" b: to bestow approval "feeling that Heaven smiled on his labors --Sheila Rowlands" c: to appear pleasant or agreeable ~ vt 1: to affect with or by smiling
2: to express by a smile -- smil.er n -- smil.ey adj -- smil.ing.ly adv
[2]smile n (15c) 1: a facial expression in which the eyes brighten and the corners of the mouth curve slightly upward and which expresses esp. amusement, pleasure, approval, or sometimes scorn
2: a pleasant or encouraging appearance -- smile.less adj