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Search phrase: prone

Plays

 5 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CymbelineCym V.iv.201beget young gibbets, I never saw one so prone: yet,beget yong Gibbets, I neuer saw one so prone: yet
Henry VIIIH8 I.i.160As he is subtle, and as prone to mischiefAs he is subtile, and as prone to mischiefe,
Measure for MeasureMM I.ii.182There is a prone and speechless dialect,There is a prone and speechlesse dialect,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.ii.129Which speaks him prone to labour, never faintingWhich speakes him prone to labour, never fainting
The Winter's TaleWT II.i.108I am not prone to weeping, as our sexI am not prone to weeping (as our Sex

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.684 O, that prone lust should stain so pure a bed! O that prone lust should staine so pure a bed,
SonnetsSonn.141.6 Nor tender feeling to base touches prone, Nor tender feeling to base touches prone,

Glossary

 8 result(s).
aptlikely, inclined, prone
flatlyin a prone position
grovellingprone, prostrate, lying flat
promptinclined, disposed, prone
proneeager, ready
pronesubmissive, vulnerable, docile
suddenunpredictable, prone to sudden violence
unaptnot inclined, unwilling, not prone

Thesaurus

 9 result(s).
position, in a proneflatly
proneapt
proneprompt
pronegrovelling
prone position, in aflatly
prone to sudden violencesudden
prone, notunapt
sudden violence, prone tosudden
violence, prone to suddensudden

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PRONEBASICprone adj

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