| Interest |
n. |
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. |
| Interest |
n. |
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite;
often used impersonally. |
| Interest |
n. |
To cause or permit to share. |
| Interest |
n. |
Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern. |
| Interest |
n. |
Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. |
| Interest |
n. |
Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. |
| Interest |
n. |
Premium paid for the use of money,
usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. |
| Interest |
n. |
Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. |
| Interest |
n. |
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. |
| Interested |
imp. & p. p. |
of Interest |
| Interested |
v. t. |
Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. |
| Interested |
v. t. |
Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness. |
| Interestedness |
n. |
The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. |
| Interesting |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Interest |
| Interesting |
a. |
Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. |
| Interestingly |
adv. |
In an interesting manner. |
| Interestingness |
n. |
The condition or quality of being interesting. |
