Definition of play

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Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

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Harpist :: Harpist (n.) A player on the harp; a harper.
Fence :: Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of pray, esp. an eagle..
Playing :: Playing () a. & vb. n. of Play.
Parlante :: Parlante (a. & adv.) Speaking; in a speaking or declamatory manner; to be sung or played in the style of a recitative.
Polychromate :: Polychromate (n.) A compound which exhibits, or from which may be prepared, a variety of colors, as certain solutions derived from vegetables, which display colors by fluorescence..
Twiddle :: Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles..
Slug :: Slug (n.) A thick strip of metal less than type high, and as long as the width of a column or a page, -- used in spacing out pages and to separate display lines, etc..
Monte :: Monte (n.) A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards..
Unison :: Unison (n.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves..
Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Dramatis Personae :: Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.
Comedienne :: Comedienne (n.) A women who plays in comedy.
Act :: Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse..
Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play..
Protatic :: Protatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.
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