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Search phrase: artificial

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Henry VI Part 33H6 III.ii.184and wet my cheeks with artificial tearsand wet my cheekes with artificiall teares
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.81and with a strumpets artificial lineand with a strumpets artifitiall line
MacbethMac III.v.27shall raise such artificial spritesshall raise such artificiall sprights
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.203we hermia like two artificial godswe hermia like two artificiall gods
PericlesPer V.i.71if that thy prosperous and artificial featif that thy prosperous and artificiall fate
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.140and makes himself an artificial nightand makes himselfe an artificiall night
Timon of AthensTim I.i.38it tutors nature artificial strifeit tutors nature artificiall strife
Timon of AthensTim II.ii.114stones more thans artificial one he is very often like astones moe thens artificiall one hee is verie often like a

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Glossary

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affectassume display put on practise in an artificial way
artartifice artificial conduct or wile trick
artificialshowing creative artistry artistically skilful
artificialhypocritical feigned phony
artificialskilful accomplished capable
artificialproduced by the black arts
dildononsense refrain in a ballad also artificial penis
falsesham spurious not genuine artificial
infectedaffected artificial put on
paintedunreal artificial superficial
pedanticalpedantic exaggerated artificial
recollectedstudied artificial refined
strainedforced artificial feigned

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artificialpainted
artificialpedantical
artificialstrained
artificialrecollected
artificialfalse
artificialinfected
artificial conductart
artificial practiceaffect
beauty artificialfine
conduct artificialart
practise in an artificial wayaffect

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Archaisms
Plants...wort used by beggars and others to make artificial wounds thistle h5 v ii 52 ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
artificialBASIC artificial adj

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