ENCORE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ângkowr
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| Matching Terms: | | Encorporing
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- [n] an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
- [v] request an encore, from a performer
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| | See Also: | | bespeak, call for, performance, quest, request | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En`core"\, adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word
is fr. L. hora hour. See {Hour}.]
Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of
plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a
repetition of a particular part.
\En`core"\, n.
A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a
repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
\En`core"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encored}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Encoring}.]
To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a
song or a singer.
[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets.
--Thackeray.
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| | Related Terms: | | acclaim, acclamation, afresh, again, anew, another time, applause, big hand, bis, burst of applause, cheer, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, da capo, de novo, ditto, echo, eclat, freshly, from the beginning, hand, handclap, handclapping, hear, new, newly, once again, once more, ovation, over, over again, plaudit, popularity, repeat, repeat performance, replay, replaying, reprise, return match, round of applause, thunder of applause, twice over, two times, yet again |
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