list

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/lɪst/]

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1. list (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To desire, like, or wish (to do something).

Example: who liſt to lyue yn quyetnes
by me lett hym beware
For I by highe dyſdayne
ame made withoute redreſſe
and vnkyndenes Alas hathe ſlayne
my poore trew hart all comfortles

2. list (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To be pleasing to.

Example: Might then I depart, and dwell as listeth me, out of all the world?

3. list (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Desire, inclination.

Example: I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, / Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking.

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