touch (v.) Old form(s): touch'd
stain, taint, infect
AYL III.ii.336[Rosalind as Ganymede to Orlando] a woman, to be touched with so many giddy offences
CE IV.i.72[Angelo to Antipholus of Ephesus, on being arrested] This touches me in reputation
H8 II.iv.155.1[Wolsey to King Henry, of speaking about Queen Katherine] that might ... touch of her good person
Ham IV.v.207[Claudius to Laertes] If by direct or by collateral hand / They find us touched
KL IV.vi.83[Lear to all] they cannot touch me for coining. I am the King himself
MM V.i.51[Isabella to Duke] neglect me not with that opinion / That I am touched with madness
Tim III.v.19[Alcibiades to Senators, of his friend] Seeing his reputation touched to death, / He did oppose his foe
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