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interested (comparativemoreinterested,superlativemostinterested)

  1. Having or showinginterest (attention or curiosity).
    I'm veryinterested in going to see that play.
  2. (less common) Having aninterest (stake); being astakeholder; motivated by considerations ofself-interest;self-serving.
    allinterested parties [≈ all stakeholders]
    • 1751,[Tobias] Smollett,The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume(please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […],→OCLC:
      I was even mortified at those instances of his liberality, which my situation compelled me to receive, lest, being but little acquainted with my disposition, he should suspect me of beinginterested in my love[…].
    • 1817 December 31 (indicated as1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IV, inRob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. forArchibald Constable and Co. […]; London:Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,→OCLC,page79:
      […] they impressed my youthful mind with a sincere aversion to the northern inhabitants of Britain, as a people blood-thirsty in time of war, treacherous during truce,interested, selfish, avaricious, and tricky in the business of peaceful life, and having few good qualities, […].
    • 1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Disclosure”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,page309:
      "Oh, you are quite wrong!" cried his mother; "no love of fortune, nor of ambition, could have tempted Norbourne to desert you. Little, indeed, do you know his high and generous nature, when you suppose that he could be actuated by aninterested motive."
    • 1982,Peter Partner,The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myth, Oxford University Press, page99:
      He maintained -- the thought is not unnatural in a royal historiographer -- that the generous actions of great princes are often twisted and misrepresented byinterested critics.
    1. Owning a share of a company; being ashareholder.

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having or showing interest
owning a share

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interested

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofinterest
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