Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   2. Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.

            Is any merry ? let him sing psalms.   --Jas. v. 13.

   3. Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, ? merry
      jest. ``Merry wind and weather.'' --Spenser.

   {Merry dancers}. See under {Dancer}.

   {Merry men}, followers; retainers. [Obs.]

            His merie men commanded he To make him bothe game
            and glee.                             --Chaucer.

   {To make merry}, to be jovial; to indulge in hilarity; to
      feast with mirth. --Judg. ix. 27.

   Syn: Cheerful; blithe; lively; sprightly; vivacious; gleeful;
        joyous; mirthful; jocund; sportive; hilarious.