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Encore \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.
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Encore \En`core"\, n.
A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a
repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
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Encore \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.
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[Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets.
--Thackeray.
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