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List (lst), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Listed; p. pr. & vb. n. Listing.] [From list a roll.] 1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.

2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.

Tennyson.

3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

Listed among the upper serving men.

Milton.

4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

I will list you for my soldier.

Sir W. Scott.

5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a board.

To list a stock (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List, v. i. To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

List"el (ls"tl), n. [F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge.] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6.

Lis"ten (ls"'n), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosn to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. √41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen.] 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.

When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension.

Holder.

2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.

Listen to me, and by me be ruled.

Tennyson.

To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]

Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors.

Fuller.

Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend.

Lis"ten, v. t. To attend to. [Obs.] Shak.

Lis"ten*er (-r), n. One who listens; a hearkener.

List"er (lst"r), n. One who makes a list or roll.

Lis"ter (ls"tr), n. Same as Leister.