deep (adj.) Old form(s): deepe
solemn, weighty, important
1H4 I.iii.188[Worcester to Hotspur and Northumberland] to your quick-conceiving discontents / I'll read you matter deep and dangerous
Cym II.iii.90[Innogen to Cloten, of his swearing he loves her] If you but said so, 'twere as deep with me [i.e. said it without swearing]
Mac I.iii.125[Banquo to Macbeth] The instruments of darkness ... / Win us with honest trifles, to betray's / In deepest consequence
Mac I.vii.20[Macbeth alone, of the King] his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued against / The deep damnation of his taking off
R3 IV.ii.118[Buckingham alone, of King Richard] Repays he my deep service / With such contempt?
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