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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Serenade

/sĕrˌ-ən-ād'/ · Ser·e·nade · IPA /ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/
01 n. Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially …
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    Music sung or performed in the open air at nights; -- usually applied to musical entertainments given in the open air at night, especially by gentlemen, in a spirit of gallantry, under the windows of ladies.(Mus.)
02 v. t. To entertain with a serenade.
imp. & p. p. Serenaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Serenading
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    To entertain with a serenade.
03 v. i. To perform a serenade.
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    To perform a serenade.