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Traducere: română
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Play (?), v. i.
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As Cannace was
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The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and
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And some, the darlings of their Lord,
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2. To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.
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“Nay,” quod this monk, “I have no lust to
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Men are apt to
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3. 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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4. To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
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One that . . . can
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5. To act; to behave; to practice deception.
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His mother
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6. To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.
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The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs
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7. To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
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Even as the waving sedges
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The setting sun
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All fame is foreign but of true desert,
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8. To act on the stage; to personate a character.
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A lord will hear your
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Courts are theaters where some men
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[Art thou alive?
Or is it fantasy that
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Play, v. t. 1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.
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First Peace and Silence all disputes control,
Then Order
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2. To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
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3. To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.
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4. To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.
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Nature here
Wantoned as in her prime, and
Her virgin fancies.
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5. To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.
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Thou canst
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6. To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
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7. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
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Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
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2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
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John naturally loved rough
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3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
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4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit. “The next who comes in
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5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
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6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
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7. Performance on an instrument of music.
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8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action. “To give them
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The joints are let exactly into one another, that they have no
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9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
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I, with two more to help me,
Will
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