stoop (v.) Old form(s): Stoop'd, stoope, stopt , stoupe
[falconry] swoop, descend swiftly
Cym V.iii.42[Posthumus to Lord, of the Romans] forthwith they fly / Chickens, the way which they stooped eagles [i.e. back along the way that they had previously swooped like eagles] [F stopt]
Cym V.iv.116[Sicilius to all] the holy eagle / Stooped, as to foot us
H5 IV.i.105[disguised King Henry to Bates, of the King] though his affections are higher mounted than ours, yet when they stoop, they stoop with the like wing
TS IV.i.177[Petruchio alone, of Katherina as a falcon] till she stoop she must not be full-gorged [also: submit]
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