ENCORE

adv. n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

2.
n.

A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

3.
v.

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.