-- Lis"some*ness, n.
List (lst), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread,
girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of
ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or
field inclosed for a race or combat. Chaucer.
In measured lists to toss the weighty lance.
Pope.
To enter the lists, to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.
List, v. t. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
List, v. i. [See Listen.] To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs.
except in poetry.]
Stand close, and list to him.
Shak.
List, v. t. To listen or hearken to.
Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent
ear you list his songs.
Shak.
List, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See
Lust.] 1. To desire or choose; to please.
The wind bloweth where it listeth.
John iii. 8.
Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth.
Hooker.
Let other men think of your devices as they list.
Whitgift.