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  1. 1. n. A round dance. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Joyful music, as of a song. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To praise or celebrate in song. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. Alt. of Carrol Source: opted
  9. 9. n. joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ Source: wordnet
  10. 10. n. a joyful song (usually celebrating the birth of Christ) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. sing carols Source: wordnet
  12. 12. 1. A round dance. [Obs.] Chaucer. 2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden It was the carol of a bird. Byron. 3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble. 4. Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow. 1. To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. Milton. 2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Hovering awans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. And carol of love's high praise. Spenser. The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie. A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker. Source: webster

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