SERENADE
Ser`e*nade", v. i.
Defn: To perform a serenade.
SERENADER
Ser`e*nad"er, n.
Defn: One who serenades.
SERENATA; SERENATE
Ser`e*na"ta, Ser"e*nate, n. Etym: [It. serenata. See Serenade.]
(Mus.)
Defn: A piece of vocal music, especially one on an amoreus subject; a
serenade.
Or serenate, which the starved lover sings To his pround fair.
Milton.
Note: 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.
SERENE
Se*rene", a. Etym: [L. serenus to grow dry, Gr.
1. Bright; clear; unabscured; as, a serene sky. The moon serene in glory mounts the sky. Pope. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear. Gray.
2. Calm; placid; undisturbed; unruffled; as, a serene aspect; a serene soul. Milton.