Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER-FORM'ANCE
PER-FORM'ANCE, n.
- Execution or completion of any thing; a doing; as, the performance of work or of an undertaking; the performance of duty.
- Action; deed; thing done. – Shak.
- The acting or exhibition of character on the stage. Garrick was celebrated for his theatrical performances.
- Composition; work written. Few of our comic performances give good examples. – Clarissa.
- The acting or exhibition of feats; as, performances of horsemanship.
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