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serenate, n. [It. serenata. See Serenade.].

A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a serenade. [1913 Webster]

" The name serenata was given by Italian composers in the time of Handel, and by Handel himself, to a cantata of a pastoreal of dramatic character, to a secular ode, etc.; also by Mozart and others to an orchectral composition, in several movements, midway between the suite of an earlier period and the modern symphony." Grove. [1913 Webster]

"Or serenate, which the starved lover sings
To his pround fair." [1913 Webster]

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