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Search phrase: displace

Plays

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CoriolanusCor V.iv.4If it be possible for you to displace it withIf it be possible for you to displace it with
CymbelineCym IV.ii.122Displace our heads where – thank the gods! – they grow,Displace our heads, where (thanks the Gods) they grow
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.v.208To be again displaced; which to avoid,To be againe displac'd. Which to auoyd,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.175If Gloucester be displaced, he'll be Protector.If Gloster be displac'd, hee'l be Protector.
MacbethMac III.iv.108You have displaced the mirth, broke the good meetingYou haue displac'd the mirth, / Broke the good meeting,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.887 Thou plantest scandal, and displacest laud. Thou plantest scandall, and displacest lawd.

Glossary

 6 result(s).
displaceremove from office, lose one's position
displaceremove, banish, get rid of
displanttransplant, remove, displace
disrootdislodge, displace, remove
startingremoval, displacement, breaking away
vagarywandering, displacement, roaming about

Thesaurus

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displacedisroot
displacedisplant
displacementvagary
displacementstarting

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DISPLACEBASICsee PLACE
PLACENOTdisplace v

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