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interest
Part of speech: VerbTo engage the attention of; a waken curiosity, care, etc., in; cause to take a share in; as, to interest oneself in politics.
Part of speech: NounAdvantage; influence; as, he used his interest with the president to secure a position for his brother; personal concern; benefit; profit; sum paid for the use of money; share.
Usage examples "interest":- Now I tell you all this to make you smile, and because some of it will interest you more gravely. - "The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)", Frederic G. Kenyon.
- I don't know how you can take an interest in it. - "Pygmalion", George Bernard Shaw.
- Then they would talk together a little in English, and once he said: " Would you like me to tell you something that will surprise you and interest me?" - "The Happy Foreigner", Enid Bagnold.