Definitions for: Encore


[n] an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
[v] request an encore, from a performer



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: bespeak, call for, performance, quest, request

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