'Interested' definitions:

Definition of 'interested'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or showing interest; especially curiosity or fascination or concern; "an interested audience"; "interested in sports"; "was interested to hear about her family"; "interested in knowing who was on the telephone"; "interested spectators" [ant: uninterested]
adjective
Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business" [syn: concerned, interested]

Definition of 'Interested'

From: GCIDE
  • Interest \In"ter*est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested; p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. int['e]resser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. [1913 Webster]
  • To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel. --Ford. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands. --Hooker.
  • Syn: To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Interested'

From: GCIDE
  • Interested \In"ter*est*ed\ ([i^]n"t[~e]r*[e^]st*[e^]d), a. [See Interest, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness; an interested party. [1913 Webster]