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Search phrase: family

Plays

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Henry VH5 II.ii.129Why, so didst thou. Come they of noble family?Why so didst thou. Come they of Noble Family?
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.65Let us assail the family of York.Let vs assayle the Family of Yorke.
OthelloOth I.i.85Signor, is all your family within?Signior is all your Familie within?
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.242Thy name and honourable family,Thy Name, and Honorable Familie,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.348That hath dishonoured all our family,That hath dishonoured all our Family,
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.454And raze their faction and their family,And race their faction, and their familie,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.a33 all vowed to root out the whole hated family of the Tarquins; all vowed to roote out the whole hated family of the Tarquins:

Glossary

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consanguineousrelated in blood, of the same family
cousinany relative beyond the immediate family; often a term of affection to a socially equal friend
crest-woundingharming family honour
derivationdescent, family origins
descendingdescent, family, lineage
familiarclose to a family, domestic
familiarlyas a member of the same family, with intimate acquaintance
generationfamily, progeny
houseancestry, lineage, family
househousehold, family
householdfamily, house, dynasty
issuechild(ren), offspring, family, descendant
kindbreed, lineage, stock, family
namefamily, stock, kin
patricianmember of an elite Roman family
posterityfamily, line of descendants, succession
racefamily, house, dynasty
stocktree, family-tree, ancestry
unkindlacking in family affection, with no respect for kinship
unlinealnot of the same family, of different descent

Thesaurus

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affection, lacking in familyunkind
close to a familyfamiliar
familycousin
familydescending
familygeneration
familyhouse
familyhouse
familyhousehold
familyissue
familykind
familyname
familyniece
familyposterity
familyrace
family affection, lacking inunkind
family honour, harmingcrest-wounding
family member, samefamiliarly
family originsderivation
family, close to afamiliar
family, member of an elite Romanpatrician
family, not of the sameunlineal
family, of the sameconsanguineous
family-treestock
harming family honourcrest-wounding
honour, harming familycrest-wounding
member of an elite Roman familypatrician
same family memberfamiliarly
same family, of theconsanguineous
tree [family]stock

Themes and Topics

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Address forms...constable] capulet to tybalt [head of family to nephew] second clown to first clow...
Cousin...tually any relative beyond the immediate family both for blood relatives and relatives ...
... they are long-standing comrades family ...
Family
French... pardon me i am a gentleman from a good family save my life and i will give you two h...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...issue (n ) 1  child(ren) offspring family descendant 1h6 ii v 94 [mortimer to ri...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
FAMILYBASICsee FAMILIAR

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