AUDIENCE
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Au"di*ence (&unr_;), n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire to hear. See Audible, a.] 1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
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Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
Milton.
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2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or the transaction of business.
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According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak.
Shak.
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3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by authors to their readers.
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Fit audience find, though few.
Milton.
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He drew his audience upward to the sky.
Dryden.
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Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly. -- To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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