deridev. t.[L. deridere, derisum; de- + ridre to laugh. See Ridicule.] To laugh at with contempt; to laugh to scorn; to turn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at.()And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. (Luke xvi. 14.)Sport that wrinkled Care derides.
And Laughter holding both his sides. (Milton.)()