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[[t]lɪst[/t]]

n.

1) a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:

a list of members[/ex]

2) all of the books of a publisher that are available for sale

3) bus

list price

4) to set down together in a list; make a list of

5) to enter in a list, directory, catalog, etc

6) bus to register (a security) on a stock exchange so that it may be traded there

7) archaic to enlist

8) bus to be offered for sale, as in a catalog, at a specified price:

This radio lists at $49.95[/ex]

9) archaic to enlist

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Etymology: 1595–1605; < MF liste < It lista roll of names, earlier, band, strip (e.g., of paper), border < WGmc; see list II list′a•ble, adj. syn: list, catalog, inventory, roll imply a meaningful arrangement of items. list denotes a series of names, figures, or other items arranged in a row or rows: a grocery list. catalog adds the idea of an alphabetical or other orderly arranged list of goods or services, usu. with descriptive details: a mail-order catalog. inventory refers to a detailed, descriptive list of goods or property, made for legal or business purposes: The company's inventory consists of 2,000 items. A roll is a list of names of members of a group, often used to check attendance: The teacher called the roll. II

list

[[t]lɪst[/t]] n.

1) tex a strip of cloth or other material

2) tex a selvage or selvages collectively

3) a strip or band of any kind

4) a stripe of color

5) a division of the hair or beard

6) one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister

7) bui a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board

8) tex made of selvages or strips of cloth

9) to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister

10) to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows

11) bui to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.)

12) Obs. to apply a border or edge to

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME lista, OE līste border, c. MDlijste, OHG līsta III

list

[[t]lɪst[/t]] n.

1) naut. navig. a leaning to one side, as of a ship

2) naut. navig. (of a ship or boat) to incline to one side; careen

3) naut. navig. to cause (a vessel) to incline to one side

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Etymology: 1620–30; orig. uncert. IV

list

[[t]lɪst[/t]] archaic

1) to please

2) to like or desire

3) to like; wish; choose

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME listen, lusten, OE (ge)lystan to please, c. OSlustian, OHG lustan, ON lysta V

list

[[t]lɪst[/t]] archaic

1) to listen

2) to listen to

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE hlystan to listen, hear, der. of hlyst hearing