Definitions
Engage in a game or performance
Word origin
From Middle English pleyen (verb) and Middle English pleye (noun), from Old English plegian and plegan, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”), of uncertain origin.
Used in a sentence
“The children played in the park.”
“A youngster[…]listed some of the things his pet did not do:[…]go on vacation, play in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.”
“2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:”
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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Act in a drama”4 letters
02“Act onstage”4 letters
03“Children's recess activity”4 letters
04“Drama onstage”4 letters
05“Recess activity”4 letters
06“Theater work”4 letters
07“Use a game board”4 letters
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