Definition of play

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Play (n.) To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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Playfere :: Playfere (n.) A playfellow.
Pushpin :: Pushpin (n.) A child's game played with pins.
Orchestra :: Orchestra (n.) A band composed, for the largest part, of players of the various viol instruments, many of each kind, together with a proper complement of wind instruments of wood and brass; -- as distinguished from a military or street band of players on wind instruments, and from an assemblage of solo players for the rendering of concerted pieces, such as septets, octets, and the like..
Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).
Tragical :: Tragical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation..
Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.
Punt :: Punt (v. i.) To play at basset, baccara, faro. or omber; to gamble..
Droll :: Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
Organist :: Organist (n.) One who plays on the organ.
Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) In a wanton manner; without regularity or restraint; loosely; sportively; gayly; playfully; recklessly; lasciviously.
Romp :: Romp (n.) A girl who indulges in boisterous play.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
Epilogue :: Epilogue (n.) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play..
Bagatelle :: Bagatelle (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player..
Ostentator :: Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.
Hopscotch :: Hopscotch (n.) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground; -- called also hoppers..
Encore :: Encore (adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part..
Logodaedaly :: Logodaedaly (n.) Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words.
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
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