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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  While  \While\,  prep. 
  Until;  till.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  I  may  be  conveyed  into  your  chamber;  I'll  lie  under 
  your  bed  while  midnight.  --Beau.  &  Fl 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  While  \While\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Whiled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Whiling}.] 
  To  cause  to  pass  away  pleasantly  or  without  irksomeness  or 
  disgust;  to  spend  or  pass;  --  usually  followed  by  away 
 
  The  lovely  lady  whiled  the  hours  away  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  While  \While\,  n.  [AS.  hw[=i]l;  akin  to  OS  hw[=i]l,  hw[=i]la, 
  OFries  hw[=i]le,  D.  wigl,  G.  weile,  OHG.  w[=i]la,  hw[=i]la, 
  hw[=i]l,  Icel.  hv[=i]la  a  bed,  hv[=i]ld  rest,  Sw  hvila,  Dan. 
  hvile,  Goth.  hweila  a  time,  and  probably  to  L.  quietus  quiet, 
  and  perhaps  to  Gr  ?  the  proper  time  of  season.  [root]20.  Cf 
  {Quiet},  {Whilom}.] 
  1.  Space  of  time,  or  continued  duration,  esp.  when  short;  a 
  time;  as  one  while  we  thought  him  innocent.  ``All  this 
  while.''  --Shak. 
 
  This  mighty  queen  may  no  while  endure.  --Chaucer. 
 
  [Some  guest  that]  hath  outside  his  welcome  while 
  And  tells  the  jest  without  the  smile.  --Coleridge. 
 
  I  will  go  forth  and  breathe  the  air  a  while 
  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  That  which  requires  time;  labor;  pains.  [Obs.] 
 
  Satan  .  .  .  cast  him  how  he  might  quite  her  while 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  {At  whiles},  at  times;  at  intervals. 
 
  And  so  on  us  at  whiles  it  falls,  to  claim  Powers 
  that  we  dread.  --J.  H. 
  Newman. 
 
 
  {The  while},  {The  whiles},  in  or  during  the  time  that 
  meantime;  while  --Tennyson. 
 
  {Within  a  while},  in  a  short  time;  soon. 
 
  {Worth  while},  worth  the  time  which  it  requires;  worth  the 
  time  and  pains;  hence  worth  the  expense;  as  it  is  not 
  always  worth  while  for  a  man  to  prosecute  for  small  debts. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  While  \While\,  v.  i. 
  To  loiter.  [R.]  --Spectator. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  While  \While\,  conj. 
  1.  During  the  time  that  as  long  as  whilst;  at  the  same  time 
  that  as  while  I  write,  you  sleep.  ``While  I  have  time 
  and  space.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Use  your  memory;  you  will  sensibly  experience  a 
  gradual  improvement,  while  you  take  care  not  to 
  overload  it  --I.  Watts. 
 
  2.  Hence  under  which  circumstances;  in  which  case;  though; 
  whereas. 
 
  {While  as},  {While  that},  during  or  at  the  time  that  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  while 
  n  :  a  period  of  indeterminate  length  (usually  short)  marked  by 
  some  action  or  condition;  "he  was  here  for  a  little 
  while";  "I  need  to  rest  for  a  piece";  "a  spell  of  good 
  weather"  [syn:  {piece},  {spell}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  while 
 
    The  {loop}  construct  found  in  nearly  all 
  {imperative}  programming  languages  which  executes  one  or  more 
  instructions  (the  "loop  body")  repeatedly  so  long  as  some 
  condition  evaluates  to  true.  In  contrast  to  a  {repeat}  loop, 
  the  loop  body  will  not  be  executed  at  all  if  the  condition  is 
  false  on  entry  to  the  while 
 
  For  example,  in  {C},  a  while  loop  is  written 
 
  while  ()  ; 
 
  where    is  any  expression  and    is  any 
  statement,  including  a  compound  statement  within  braces 
  "{..}". 
 
  (1995-03-14)




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