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Search phrase: dim

Plays

19 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.v.101	That it will quickly drop; my day is dim.	That it will quickly drop: my Day is dimme.
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.i.79	Let not sloth dim your honours new-begot.	Let not slouth dimme your Honors, new begot;
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 II.v.9	Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent;	Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.ii.6	Gazing on that which seems to dim thy sight?	Gazing on that which seemes to dimme thy sight?
Henry VIII	H8 IV.ii.164	For so I will. Mine eyes grow dim. Farewell,	(For so I will) mine eyes grow dimme. Farewell
Julius Caesar	JC II.i.84	Not Erebus itself were dim enough	Not Erebus it selfe were dimme enough,
King Edward III	E3 I.ii.104	That now her dim decline hath power to draw	That now her dym declyne hath power to draw,
King Edward III	E3 II.i.147	But like a fading taper, dim and dead?	But like a fading taper dym and dead.
King Edward III	E3 III.iii.78	Or dim the reputation of my birth,	Or dym the reputation of my birth,
King Edward III	E3 IV.vii.39	If I could hold dim death but at a bay	If I could hold dym death but at a bay,
King John	KJ III.iv.85	As dim and meagre as an ague's fit,	As dim and meager as an Agues fitte,
The Merchant of Venice	MV V.i.93	So doth the greater glory dim the less.	So doth the greater glory dim the lesse,
Richard II	R2 III.iii.66	To dim his glory and to stain the track	To dimme his glory, and to staine the tract
Romeo and Juliet	RJ III.v.202	In that dim monument where Tybalt lies.	In that dim Monument where Tybalt lies.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ V.iii.107	And never from this palace of dim night	And neuer from this Pallace of dym night
Titus Andronicus	Tit III.i.210	Or with our sighs we'll breathe the welkin dim	Or with our sighs weele breath the welkin dimme,
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.i.9	With harebells dim,	With her bels dimme.
The Winter's Tale	WT III.iii.55	The heavens so dim by day. – A savage clamour!	The heauens so dim, by day. A sauage clamor?
The Winter's Tale	WT IV.iv.120	The winds of March with beauty; violets, dim,	The windes of March with beauty: Violets dim,

Poems

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.118	Upon the world dim darkness doth display	Vppon the world dim darknesse doth displaie,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.403	And death's dim look in life's mortality:	And deaths dim looke in lifes mortalitie.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.548	In his dim mist th' aspiring mountains hiding,	In his dim mist th'aspiring mountaines hiding:
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.643	And wipe the dim mist from thy doting eyne,	And wipe the dim mist from thy doting eien,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.765	Dim register and notary of shame,	Dim register, and notarie of shame,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1588	These water-galls in her dim element	These watergalls in her dim Element,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1760	But now that fresh fair mirror, dim and old,	But now that faire fresh mirror dim and old

Glossary

11 result(s).

bedim	make dim, cover with cloud
dazzle	grow dim, become unable to see properly
dim	dull, pale-coloured, lacking lustre
dull	dim, not sharp, lacking keenness
illustrous	lack-lustre, dull, dim
pale	dim, make pale
purblind	half-blind, dim-sighted
sand-blind	half-blind, dim-sighted
sully	dim, stain, tarnish
thick	dull, dim, poor
thicken	grow dim, darken

Thesaurus

10 result(s).

dim	illustrous
dim	sully
dim	thick
dim	dull
dim	pale
dim, grow	thicken
dim, grow	dazzle
dim, make	bedim
dim-sighted	purblind
dim-sighted	sand-blind

Themes and Topics

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Plants
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)	...rceives the envious clouds are bent / to dim his glory tnk ii i 319 [palamon to gaol...

Words Families

6 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
BEDIM	BASIC	see DIM
DIM	BASIC	dim adj, dim v, dimmed adj, dimming n
DIM	ACTION	bedim v

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