a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter, A fluid or semi-fluid of the body, That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness, transitive verb_ To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge, To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please