SMILE Copy link • SMILE 1. s. risus lenis (Mart.): With a smile, subridens: to force a smile from anybody, excutere alicui risum. 2. v. subridere: renidere (when a smile is considered as lighting up the features). To smile upon, (leniter) arridere alicui (PROP. and figuratively); blandiri alicui; affulgere alicui (figuratively): fortune smiles upon him, fortuna ei arridet or affulget; fortuna blanditur coeptis suis.