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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL |
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PLAY , a word of which the primary
movement
primary
movement
fancy , and specifically of the free movement of parts of a mechanism on each other, of a joint or limb, &c. To play a musical instrument is to move the fingers upon it, and until the 18th century the verb was intransitive, and " on " or " upon " was always used with the name of the instrument . The very general use of the word for sport , game or amusement, is an early and easy development from the meaning of active movement or exercise as a recreation after work
English
The primitive play instinct or play impulse in man has been much discussed in recent
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