PLAY  , a word of which the See also:

• PRIMARY

primary meaning is that of See also:

• FREE

free or active See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement or exercise . The O . Eng. plegan or plegian, from which comes the substantive plega, play, is apparently cognate with Ger. pflcgen, to take care or See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of, and Pflege, care, and the connexion in sense is to be found in the primary meaning, that of exercise or active movement . In its primary meaning " play " is used of the rapid changing movement of See also:

• LIGHT

light and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and also figuratively of thought or See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, and specifically of the free movement of parts of a mechanism on each other, of a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint or See also:

• LIMB

limb, &c . To play a musical See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument is to move the fingers upon it, and until the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the verb was intransitive, and " on " or " upon " was always used with the name of the instrument . The very See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use of the word for See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

sport, See also:

• GAME

game or amusement, is an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early and easy development from the meaning of active movement or exercise as a recreation after See also:

• WORK

work; that of a dramatic performance (see See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

DRAMA) is very early; the New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary quotes from, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred's See also:

• OROSIUS, PAULUS (fl. 415)

Orosius (c . 893) . The See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive play See also:

• INSTINCT

instinct or play impulse in See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man has been much discussed in See also:

• RECENT

recent years by psychologists in connexion with See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child-study (see CHILD), and with the expression of the emotions (see J . See also:

• SULLY, JAMES (1842– )
• SULLY, MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE
• SULLY, THOMAS (1783—1872)

Sully, On See also:

• LAUGHTER

Laughter, 1902, &c.; also See also:

• AESTHETICS

AESTHETICS) . See generally Carl Groos, The Play of Animals (1898) and The Play of Man (1901) ; and See also:

• BALDWIN, JAMES MARK (1861– )
• BALDWIN, ROBERT (1804–1858)

Baldwin's See also:

• DIET

Diet. of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

Philosophy, s.v .