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▪ I. encore, int. and n.|ɑ̃ˈkɒr, often ɒŋˈkɔə(r)| Also 8 encora. [a. Fr. encore still, yet (in some contexts translated by ‘again’); cf. the synonymous Pr. encara, enquera, OSp. encara, It. ancora. (Usually these words have been regarded as:—L. (in) hanc hōram until this hour; but the phonology is not wholly clear, and other explanations have been proposed, e.g. by Havet in Romania, VIII. 94.) The use of It. ancora occurs in Eng. equally early; the form encora in 18th c. is due to confusion between the Fr. and the It. word. There appears to be no evidence that either the Fr. or the It. word was ever similarly used in its native country. The corresponding word both in Fr. and It. is bis; in It. da capo was formerly used.] A. int. Again, once more: used by spectators or auditors to demand the repetition of a song, piece of music, or other performance, that has pleased them.
1712Steele Spect. No. 314 ⁋9 Whenever any Gentlemen are particularly pleased with a Song, at their crying out Encore..the Performer is so obliging as to sing it over again. 1766Anstey Bath Guide (1767) 114 Pray speak to Sir Toby to cry out encore. 1781J. Moore View Soc. It. (1795) I. 189 A Duo..drew an universal encora from the spectators. 1825Hone Every-day Bk. I. 1464 Loud shouts of ‘encore’ roused him. B. n. A call for the repetition of a song, etc.; the repetition itself. Also attrib.
1763J. Brown Poetry & Mus. xii. 206 If the Audience were warmed by the Subject of an Opera..the Encore, instead of being desireable, would generally disgust. 1811Byron Hints fr. Hor. 310 His anguish doubling by his own ‘encore’. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. xxii. That'll be a double encore if you take care, boys. 1883Athenæum 2 June 697/3 There is nothing in the twenty pages..to warrant an encore. 1884G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 192, I know all the words except the encore verse. Mod. No encores allowed. ▪ II. enˈcore, v. [f. prec.] trans. To call applaudingly for the repetition of (a song, etc.); to demand a repetition from (a performer).
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. 341 They encored it. 1754― Grandison (1781) VI. xxxi. 204 The wretches..encored him [Sir Charles] without mercy. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 268, I got a part of the audience..to encore my swoon. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. iv. 98 The idea of a man pluming himself on the possibility of being encored in a roar. 1879Froude Cæsar xiii. 182 Lines..reflecting on Pompey..were encored a thousand times. b. transf. To go over again (nonce-use).
1806Beresford Miseries (ed. 5) I. 24 Till you are..necessitated to turn back, and encore all your sufferings. |