Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Smile, vb. to laugh without uttering a sound, to have a look of joy or kindness or slight scorn; absol.: Ven. 106. Lucr. 1400. Compl. 172. Compl. 172 Pilgr. 187. Tp. I, 2, 153. Gent. I, 2, 63. V, 4, 163. Meas. II, 2, 187. V, 233. Ado V, 1, 15. LLL III, 78. V, 2, 864. Mids. II, 1, 44. Merch. 1, 2, 1, 2 As II, 1, 9. Shr. Ind. 1, 99. Tw. II, 5, 190. Tw. II, 5, 190 III, 1, 137. H6A IV, 3, 32. IV, 7, 27. H6C V, 2, 22. R3 IV, 4, 115. Troil. III, 3, 168. Caes. I, 2, 205. Cymb. IV, 2, 52 etc. Followed by at, to denote the occasion or cause of smiling; by on, to denote the person or object to which it is directed and addressed: “at this Adonis --s,” Ven. 241. Ven. 241 “whereat she --d with so sweet a cheer,” Lucr. 264. “nor shall he s. at thee,” Lucr. 264 Tp. IV, 1, 9. Meas. V, 163. Mids. II, 2, 150. Ado I, 3, 15. Shr. V, 2, 3. Tw. II, 4, 118. IV, 1, 61. Wint. IV, 4, 822. John V, 2, 134. H6A IV, 7, 4. H6B IV, 1, 76. H6C III, 3, 91. H6C III, 3, 91 R3 III, 4, 109. Troil. V, 10, 7. Caes. I, 2, 207. Mcb. V, 7, 12. Lr. IV, 2, 5. Cymb. II, 4, 22. “the flower that --s on every one,” LLL V, 2, 331. “he will s. upon her,” Tw. II, 5, 220. “--s upon his fingers' ends,” H5 II, 3, 15. H6A I, 4, 92. Tit. IV, 2, 120. Rom. II, 3, 1. Mcb. IV, 1, 123. Oth. II, 1, 170. at for on: “--d at one another and shook their heads,” Caes. I, 2, 286. on for at: “--st upon the stroke that murders me,” Rom. III, 3, 23. to s. in a p.'s face == to smile on a p.: “he --d me in the face,” H5 IV, 6, 21. “s. in men's faces,” R3 I, 3, 48. “while it was --ing in my face,” Mcb. I, 7, 56. s. to't == s. in telling it: “if it be summer news, s. to't before,” Cymb. III, 4, 13. With an accus. denoting an effect: “he does s. his face into more lines than is in the new map,” Tw. III, 2, 84. “--ing extremity out of act,” Per. V, 1, 139. “some Dick that --s his cheek in years,” LLL V, 2, 465 (i. e., as it is usually explained, who smiles so much that his cheek seems to be in years, i. e. old).
Trans. in a doubtful passage: “s. you my speeches, as I were a fool?” Lr. II, 2, 88 (lection of F4; the rest of O. Edd. smoile).
Metaphorically, == 1) to look gay and joyous: “affliction may one day s. again,” LLL I, 1, 316. “--ing plenty and fair prosperous days,” R3 V, 5, 34. “so rich advantage of a promised glory as --s upon the forehead of this action,” Troil. II, 2, 205. 2) to be propitious or favourable: it (my love) “suffers not in --ing pomp,” Sonn. 124, 6 (the favour of greatness). “s., gentle heaven,” H6C II, 3, 6. “Fortune, s. once more,” Lr. II, 2, 180. with on: “good fortune and the favour of the king s. upon this contract,” All's II, 3, 185. “who knows on whom fortune would then have --d,” H4B IV, 1, 133. upon us he (Mars) “--s,” H6A I, 2, 4. R3 V, 5, 20. Rom. II, 6, 1. IV, 3, 4. Mcb. I, 2, 14. Hml. I, 3, 54.