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Lisp \Lisp\ (l[i^]sp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lisped} (l[i^]spt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Lisping}.] [OE. lispen, lipsen, AS. wlisp
stammering, lisping; akin to D. & OHG. lispen to lisp, G.
lispeln, Sw. l[aum]spa, Dan. lespe.]
1. To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s
and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.
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2. To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, as
a child learning to talk.
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As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame,
I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came. --Pope.
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3. To speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid.
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Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
--Drayton.
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Lisp \Lisp\, v. t.
1. To pronounce with a lisp.
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2. To utter with imperfect articulation; to express with
words pronounced imperfectly or indistinctly, as a child
speaks; hence, to express by the use of simple, childlike
language.
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To speak unto them after their own capacity, and to
lisp the words unto them according as the babes and
children of that age might sound them again.
--Tyndale.
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3. To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or
confidentially; as, to lisp treason.
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Lisp \Lisp\, n.
The habit or act of lisping. See {Lisp}, v. i., 1.
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I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, "O!
Strephon, you are a dangerous creature." --Tatler.
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LISP \LISP\ (l[i^]sp), n. (Computers) [List Processing.]
a high-level computer programming language in which
statements and data are in the form of lists, enclosed in
parentheses; -- used especially for rapid development of
prototype programs in artificial intelligence applications .
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