place (n.)
precedence, proper place
1H6 I.i.173[Winchester alone] Each hath his place and function to attend [or: sense 1]
AW I.i.102[Helena to herself, of Parolles' evils] [they] sit so fit in him / That they take place when virtue's steely bones / Looks bleak [unclear meaning]
AYL I.i.18[Orlando to Adam, of Oliver] he ... bars me the place of a brother
H8 I.ii.10[King Henry to kneeling Queen Katherine] Arise, and take place by us
JC III.i.65[Caesar to all, of stars in the sky] there's but one in all doth hold his place
LLL III.i.66[Armado alone] Most rude melancholy, valour gives thee place
Luc.1773[of Collatine] bids Lucretius give his sorrow place
TC I.iii.86[Ulysses to all] The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre / Observe degree, priority, and place
Tim III.iii.15[Sempronius to Servant, of Timon] I'm angry at him / That might have known my place
Tim III.vi.69[Timon to all] Make not a City feast of it, to let the meat cool ere we can agree upon the first place
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