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<cs><col>To list a stock</col> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld>, <cd>to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.</cd></cs><-- to put it on a list of stocks which may be traded on a specific stock exchange -->

<h1>List</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>List</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.</def>

<h1>Listel</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>List"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>listel</ets>, dim. of <ets>liste</ets> fillet, list. See <er>List</er> the edge.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>List</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 6.</def>

<h1>Listen</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis"ten</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Listened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Listening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>listnen</ets>, <ets>listen</ets>, <ets>lustnen</ets>, <ets>lusten</ets>, AS. <ets>hlystan</ets>; akin to <ets>hlyst</ets> hearing, OS. <ets>hlust</ets>, Icel. <ets>hlusta</ets> to listen, <ets>hlust</ets> ear, AS. <ets>hlosnian</ets> to wait in suspense, OHG. <ets>hlos\'c7n</ets> to listen, Gr. <?/, and E. <ets>loud</ets>. &root;41. See <er>Loud</er>, and cf. <er>List</er> to listen.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.</def>

<blockquote>When we have occasion to <b>listen</b>, and give a more particular attention to same sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. <i>Holder.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.</def>

<blockquote><b>Listen</b> to me, and by me be ruled. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To listen after</col>, <cd>to take an interest in. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<blockquote>Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars <b>listen after</b> libraries, disputations, and professors. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See <er>Attend</er>.</syn>

<h1>Listen</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis"ten</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To attend to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Listener</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis"ten*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who listens; a hearkener.</def>

<h1>Lister</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>List"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who makes a list or roll.</def>

<h1>Lister</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Leister</er>.</def>

<h1>Listerian</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis*te"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to listerism.</def>

<h1>Listerism</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>Lis"ter*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph <i>Lister</i>, an English surgeon.</def>

<h1>Listful</h1> <Xpage=859>

<hw>List"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Attentive</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>