A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations, Hence, in a loose use, any collection of opinions, as of commentators on a disputed passage; in a recent use, a collection of short articles, as in a magazine, by several writers, on various aspects of a given topic_ as, a symposium on the Indian question, A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion

Plural form of representation

push for something, make attractive or acceptable, express a good opinion of, transitive To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on, To make acceptable; to attract favor to, To commit; to give in charge; to commend, intransitive To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse, To commit to the charge of another; entrust, To give advice or counsel

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter, A fluid or semi-fluid of the body, That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness, transitive verb_ To comply with the wishes or ideas of (another) in order to keep that person satisfied or unaware of criticism; indulge, To help on by indulgence or compliant treatment; to soothe; to gratify; to please