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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. |
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To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to
concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. |
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To cause or permit to share. |
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Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful,
accompanying special attention to some object; concern. |
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Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility;
share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with
his interest in the stocks. |
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Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a
selfish benefit; profit; benefit. |
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Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as
a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand
dollars. |
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Any excess of advantage over and above an exact
equivalent for what is given or rendered. |
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The persons interested in any particular business or
measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton
interest. |
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