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serenate

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ser⋅e⋅na⋅ta

[ser-uh-nah-tuh]
–noun, plural -tas, -te [-tey] . Music.
1. a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
2. an instrumental composition in several movements, intermediate between the suite and the symphony.

Origin:
1715–25; < It serenata evening song, equiv. to seren(o) serene + -ata n. suffix, associated with sera evening; cf. soiree
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