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Search phrase: wither

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC II.ii.240Age cannot wither her, nor custom staleAge cannot wither her, nor custome stale
Henry VH5 V.ii.160grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will waxgrow bald, a faire Face will wither, a full Eye will wax
Henry VI Part 11H6 II.iv.110Until it wither with me to my grave,Vntill it wither with me to my Graue,
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.x.60the ten meals I have lost, and I'll defy them all. Wither,the ten meales I haue lost, and I'de defie them all. Wither
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.101Wither one rose, and let the other flourish;Wither one Rose, and let the other flourish:
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.v.102If you contend, a thousand lives must wither.If you contend, a thousand liues must wither.
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.217Wither, my heart, that like a sapless treeWither my hart that like a saples tree,
King LearKL IV.ii.35From her material sap perforce must wither
Love's Labour's LostLLL II.i.54Such short-lived wits do wither as they grow.Such short liu'd wits do wither as they grow.
OthelloOth V.ii.15It must needs wither. I'll smell it on the tree.It needs must wither. Ile smell thee on the Tree.
Richard IIR2 V.i.8My fair rose wither. Yet look up, behold,My faire Rose wither: yet looke vp; behold,
Richard IIIR3 II.ii.42Why wither not the leaves that want their sap?Why wither not the leaues that want their sap?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.ii.10Let two more summers wither in their pride,Let two more Summers wither in their pride,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.534Debts wither 'em to nothing. Be men like blasted woods,Debts wither 'em to nothing, be men like blasted woods
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.81And here the graces of our youths must witherAnd here the graces of our youthes must wither

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.665 But low shrubs wither at the cedar's root. But low-shrubs wither at the Cedars roote.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1168 His leaves will wither and his sap decay; His leaues will wither, and his sap decay,
Venus and AdonisVen.418 They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth. They wither in their prime, proue nothing worth,
Venus and AdonisVen.1182 To wither in my breast as in his blood. To wither in my brest, as in his blood.

Glossary

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blastblight, wither, destroy
clingwither, shrivel, shrink up
enseardry up, wither, make arid
perishdestroy, wither, become ruined
shrinkshrivel up, wither away
starvedestroy, wither, waste away
taintlose vigour, become weak, wither
wither outcause to dwindle, make less

Thesaurus

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witherblast
withercling
withertaint
witherensear
witherperish
witherstarve
wither awayshrink

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
WITHERBASICwither v, withered adj

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