chorused
simple past tense and past participle of chorus
Source: Wiktionary
Cho"rus, n.; pl. Choruses. Etym: [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. Choir.]
1. (Antiq.)
Definition: A band of singers and dancers. The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.
2. (Gr. Drama)
Definition: A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus. What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. Milton.
3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]
4. (Mus.)
Definition: A company of singers singing in concert.
5. (Mus.)
Definition: A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.
6. (Mus.)
Definition: Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.
7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.
Cho"rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.]
Definition: To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2025
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