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interest

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to cause to be interested," c.1600, earlier interesse (1560s), from the noun (see interest (n.)). Perhaps also from or influenced by interess'd , past participle of interesse .

Usage examples of interest.

I was interested in your account, but a good deal, nay all, of what you told me I knew already.

An integral part of the court, albeit a minor one, he was, when he failed his duty, confronted by the single most important fact known to all bureaucrats of any nation or epoch: those above were not interested in excuses, only in results.

It seemed to me therefore that if I should get the Bill amended and then it got lost, I should incur the great reproach of having obstinately set up my judgment against that of this large number of the ablest men in the country, who were so deeply interested in the matter.

Business was all that interested David and he accepted the responsibility of teaching Abraham this himself.

His accommodationist, political attitude to Court rulings was in sharp contrast to the methods of Douglas and Black, who had little interest in voting against their deeply held principles merely to end up on the winning side.

The scenery around it will always make it delightful, while the associations connected with the Achaian League, and the important events which have happened in the vicinity, will ever render the site interesting.

Lujan maintained correct bearing to the finest detail, but like any in the Acoma household, he had a personal interest in Hokanu.

For a time, interest in the law seemed to fade and Adams thought of becoming a doctor.

For Adams the structure of government was a subject of passionate interest that raised fundamental questions about the realities of human nature, political power, and the good society.

He was as accomplished in the classics as Adams, but also in mathematics, horticulture, architecture, and in his interest in and knowledge of science he far exceeded Adams.

Van der Capellen knew the majority of the Dutch sympathized with the American Revolution, but astutely he advised Adams that only American success in the war would enlist Dutch credit, for all the expressions of good will and interest he would hear.

Nonetheless, he showed no interest now to live as Franklin and Adams did in semirural retreat outside Paris, where the panoramic views over the Seine were more like what he was accustomed to at home, and where the rent was appreciably less.

When his son Thomas wrote, expressing an interest in public life, Adams felt he was answering for generations of their line: Public business, my son, must always be done by somebody.

In effect, he wanted recognition of the black republic, and Adams was interested.

Nor is there evidence that Adams ever discussed such terms with the Federalists in the House or took an interest in Federalist strategy.