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Search phrase: achieve

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Coriolanus	Cor IV.vii.23	Fights dragon-like, and does achieve as soon	Fights Dragon-like, and does atcheeue as soone
Henry V	H5 IV.iii.91	Bid them achieve me, and then sell my bones.	Bid them atchieue me, and then sell my bones.
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 V.ii.46	To lose thy youth in peace, and to achieve	To loose thy youth in peace, and to atcheeue
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.i.153	If I achieve not this young modest girl.	If I atchieue not this yong modest gyrle:
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.i.176	Bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands:	Bend thoughts and wits to atcheeue her. Thus it stands:
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.i.216	And let me be a slave t' achieve that maid	And let me be a slaue, t'atchieue that maide,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS I.ii.265	Achieve the elder, set the younger free	Atchieue the elder: set the yonger free,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.80	Would I propose to achieve her whom I love.	would I propose, / To atchieue her whom I do loue.
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.81.1	To achieve her how?	To atcheiue her, how?
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.106	That what you cannot as you would achieve,	That what you cannot as you would atcheiue,
Twelfth Night	TN II.v.141	some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust	some atcheeues greatnesse, and some haue greatnesse thrust
Twelfth Night	TN III.iv.42	‘ Some achieve greatness – ’	Some atcheeue greatnesse.
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.368	Why, ‘ Some are born great, some achieve greatness,	Why some are borne great, some atchieue greatnesse,

Poems

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Sonnets	Sonn.67.3	That sin by him advantage should achieve,	That sinne by him aduantage should atchiue,

Glossary

11 result(s).

achieve	gain, obtain, procure
achieve	accomplish an intention, perform successfully
achieve	finish off, bring to an end, kill
assume	attain, achieve, reach
climb	reach, attain, achieve
come	achieve, attain, arrive at
compass	accomplish, fulfil, achieve, bring about
do	achieve, complete, fulfil
overtake	accomplish, achieve, fulfil
third	achieve a third of, reduce to a third
touch	achieve, accomplish, attain

Thesaurus

9 result(s).

achieve	assume
achieve	compass
achieve	come
achieve	climb
achieve	touch
achieve	do
achieve	overtake
achieve a third of	third
third, achieve/reduce to a	third

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Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
ACHIEVE	BASIC	achieve v, achiever n, achievement n
ACHIEVE	TYPE	deed-achieving adj, half-achieved adj, strange-achieved adj

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