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Webster 1913 Edition

(ĭn′tẽr-ĕst-ĕd)

Adj.

[See

Verb.

]

Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited;

as, an

interested

listener

Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced;

as, an

interested

witness; an

interested

party

pp.

Made a sharer; as one interested in the funds.

Affected; moved; having the passions excited; as one interested by a story.

Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected; as an interested witness.