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Search phrase: extenuate

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.125We will extenuate rather than enforce.We will extenuate rather then inforce:
Measure for MeasureMM II.i.27You may not so extenuate his offenceYou may not so extenuate his offence,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.120Which by no means we may extenuate – (Which by no meanes we may extenuate)
Much Ado About NothingMA IV.i.48And so extenuate the 'forehand sin.And so extenuate the forehand sinne:
OthelloOth V.ii.338Speak of me as I am: nothing extenuate,Speake of me, as I am. Nothing extenuate,

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.1010 Her rash suspect she doth extenuate; Her rash suspect she doth extenuate,

Glossary

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extenuatemitigate, lessen, tone down
flatterextenuate, gloss over, mitigate

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extenuateflatter

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
EXTENUATEBASICextenuate v, extenuation n

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