Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Serenade"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Serenade \Ser`e*nade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Serenaded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Serenading}.]
To entertain with a serenade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Serenade \Ser`e*nade"\, v. i.
To perform a serenade.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Serenade \Ser`*enade"\, n. [F. s['e]r['e]nade, It. serenata,
probably fr. L. serenus serene (cf. {Serene}), misunderstood
as a derivative fr. L. serus late. Cf. {Soir['e]e}.] (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) A piece of music suitable to be performed at such times.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
serenade
n 1: a musical composition in several movements; has no fixed
form [syn: {divertimento}]
2: a song characteristically played outside the house of a
woman
v : sing and play for somebody
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