afeard (adj.)
afraid, frightened, scared
Cym IV.ii.94 [Cloten to Guiderius] Art not afeard?
1H6 IV.vii.86 [Lucy to all] A phoenix that shall make all France afeard
Mac I.iii.95 [Ross to Macbeth] Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make
MND III.i.107 [Bottom alone, of his companions] This is a knavery of them to make me afeard
anon (adv.)
soon, shortly, presently
Ham III.ii.272 [Hamlet to Ophelia] You shall see anon how the murderer gets the love of Gonzago’s wife
1H4 II.iv.31 [Prince Hal to Poins, of Francis the drawer] do thou never leave calling ‘Francis!’, that his tale to me may be nothing but ‘Anon’
apace (adv.)
quickly, speedily, at a great rate
AYL III.iii.1 [Touchstone to Audrey] Come apace
E3 III.i.37 [King John to all, of his confederates] are marching hither apace
RJ III.ii.1 [Juliet alone] Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds
apparel (n.)
clothes, clothing, dress
Ham III.ii.45 [Hamlet to Players] one suit of apparel
Ham I.iii.72 [Polonius to Laertes] For the apparel oft proclaims the man
apparel (v.)
arrant (adj.)
downright, absolute, unmitigated
Ham III.i.129 [Hamlet to Ophelia] We are arrant knaves all
H5 IV.vii.2 [Fluellen to Gower, of the French behaviour] 'tis as arrant a piece of knavery ... as can be offert
KL II.iv.50 [Fool to Lear] Fortune, that arrant whore
attend (on / upon) (v.)
1 await, wait for, expect
Cor I.x.30 [Aufidius to First Soldier] I am attended at the cypress grove
Cym II.iii.36 [Cymbeline to Cloten] Attend you here the door of our stern daughter?
E3 IV.v.6 [King John to Charles] Silence attends some wonder
TG III.i.186 [Valentine alone] Tarry I here, I but attend on death
attend (v.) 2--8
aught (n.)
anything; [together with a negative word] nothing
Ham IV.iii.60 [Claudius, as if to the King of England] if my love thou holdest at aught
Ham V.ii.357 [Horatio to Fortinbras] If aught of woe or wonder
TG V.iv.20 [Proteus to Silvia] Though you respect not aught your servant doth
avaunt (int.)
begone, go away, be off
2H4 I.ii.89 [Falstaff to Servant] Hence! Avaunt!
KL III.vi.63 [Edgar as Poor Tom, to imaginary dogs] Avaunt, you curs!
Mac III.iv.92 [Macbeth to Banquo’s ghost] Avaunt, and quit my sight!
aye (adv.)
always,ever, for eternity
Cym IV.iv.27 [Belarius to Arviragus and Guiderius] aye hopeless / To have the courtesy your cradle promised
R2 V.ii.45 [York to Duchess of York, of Bolingbroke] Whose state and honour I for aye allow
base (adj.)
1 dishonourable, low, unworthy
AYL II.vii.79 [Jaques to Duke Senior] what is he of basest function
AYL III.ii.64 [Touchstone to Corin] civet is of a baser birth than tar
E3 III.iii.183 [Edward to Prince Edward, of the latter's heart] never base affections enter there
1H6 V.v.49 [Suffolk to all] Disgrace not so your king / That he should be so abject, base, and poor / To choose for wealth
2 low-born, lowly, plebeian, of lower rank
Cor I.i.155 [Menenius to First Citizen] one o'th'lowest, basest, poorest / Of this most wise rebellion
Ham V.ii.60 [Hamlet to Horatio] ’Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes / Between ... mighty opposites
1H6 I.ii.80 [Pucelle to Dauphin, of Our Lady] Willed me to leave my base vocation
KL I.ii.10 [Edmund alone] Why brand they us / With ‘base’?
TNK II.iii.2 [Gaoler's Daughter alone] I am base, / My father the mean keeper of his prison
3 poor, wretched, of low quality
1H6 I.i.137 [Third Messenger to all] A base Walloon ... / Thrust Talbot with a spear into the back
1H6 IV.vi.21 [Talbot to John Talbot, as if to Orleans] Contaminated, base, and misbegotten blood I spill of thine
TNK III.iii.44 [Palamon to Arcite] Base cousin, / Darest thou break first?
base (adj.) 4--6, base (n.)
bawd (n.)
pimp, procurer, pander, go-between
Ham III.i.112 [Hamlet to Ophelia] transform honesty from what it is to a bawd
R2 V.iii.66 [York to King Henry, of Aumerle] So shall my virtue be his vice's bawd
become (v.)
1 be fitting, befit, be appropriate to
AYL I.i.74 [Orlando to Oliver] I will no further offend you than becomes me for my good
1H6 V.iii.170 [Suffolk to Reignier] Set this diamond safe / In golden palaces, as it becomes
R2 II.i.140 [King Richard to all, as if to John of Gaunt] let them die that age and sullens have; / For both hast thou, and both become the grave
2 grace, honour, dignify
AC I.i.49 [Antony to and of Cleopatra] whom everything becomes
Cor I.iii.10 [Volumnia to Virgilia, of Marcus] considering how honour would become such a person
1H6 IV.vii.23 [Talbot to his dead son] O thou whose wounds become hard-favoured Death
become (v.) 3--5
befall (v.)
1 happen, occur, take place, turn out
AYL IV.iii.103 [Oliver to Rosalind and Celia disguised] Lo, what befell!
2H4 I.i.177 [Morton to Lord Bardolph] What hath then befallen, / Or what hath this bold enterprise brought forth
2H6 V.iii.33 [Warwick to all] more such days as these to us befall!
MND V.i.153 [Snout to all] In this same interlude it doth befall / That I ... present a wall
2 happen to, come to
E3 II.ii.23 [Derby to Edward] Befall my sovereign all my sovereign's wish
R2 II.i.129 [John of Gaunt to Richard] My brother Gloucester ... / Whom fair befall in heaven
R3 I.iii.281 [Queen Margaret to Buckingham] fair befall thee and thy noble house!
R3 I.iv.16 [Clarence to Keeper] a thousand heavy times ... / That had befallen us
befall of (v.)
belike (adv.)
probably, presumably, perhaps, so it seems
CE IV.i.25 [Antipholus of Ephesus to Angelo] Belike you thought our love would last too long
Ham III.ii.302 [Hamlet to Horatio, of Claudius and the play] belike he likes it not
beshrew, ’shrew (v.)
curse, devil take, evil befall
Cym II.iii.141 [Innogen to Pisanio, of he ring] ’Shrew me, / If I would lose it for a revenue / Of any king’s in Europe
2H6 III.i.184 [Gloucester to his enemies] Beshrew the winners
MND II.ii.60 [Hermia to Lysander] much beshrew my manners and my pride / If Hermia meant to say Lysander lied
Oth IV.iii.77 [Desdemona to Emilia] Beshrew me, if I would do such a wrong
beshrew (v.) 2
bethink (v.)
past form bethought: call to mind, think about, consider, reflect
MV I.iii.29 [Shylock to Bassanio] that I may be assured, I will bethink me
R2 II.iii.8 [Northumberland to Bolingbroke] I bethink me what a weary way / From Ravenspurgh to Cotswold will be found
TN III.iv.289 [Sir Toby to Viola as Cesario, of Sir Andrew] he hath better bethought him of his quarrel
bethink (v.) 2--4
brave (adj.)
fine, excellent, splendid, impressive
AYL III.iv.36 [Celia to Rosalind, of Orlando] O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths .. all's brave that youth mounts and folly guides
Ham II.ii.300 [Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] this brave o'erhanging firmament
1H4 IV.i.7 [Hotspur to Douglas] a braver place / In my heart's love hath no man than yourself
Tem III.ii.97 [Caliban to Stephano, of Prospero] He has brave utensils
brave (adj.) 2--3, (n.), (v.)
brow (n.)
appearance, aspect, countenance
Ham III.iii.7 [Claudius to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, of the danger seen in Hamlet] doth hourly grow / Out of his brows
LLL IV.iii.224 [Berowne to King, of Rosaline] What peremptory eagle-sighted eye / Dares look upon the heaven of her brow
LLL IV.iii.183 [Berowne to all] When shall you hear that I / Will praise ... / A gait, a state, a brow
brow (n.) 2--6
chide (v.)
past form chid: scold, rebuke, reprove
AC I.iv.30 [Caesar to Lepidus, of Antony] to confound such time / ... ’tis to be chid / As we rate boys
AYL III.v.64 [Phebe to Rosalind as Ganymede] I pray you chide a year together; I had rather hear you chide than this man woo
AYL IV.i.32 [Rosalind to Jaques] almost chide God for making you that countenance you are
chide (v.) 2--4
colours (n.)
battle-flags, ensigns, standards, banners
Cym I.v.18 [Iachimo to all, of Posthumus' banishment] the approbation of those that weep this lamentable divorce under her colours
E3 IV.vii.2 [Prince Edward to King John] Thy bloody ensigns are my captive colours
1H6 IV.ii.56[Talbot to all] God and Saint George ... / Prosper our colours in this dangerous fight!
colours (n.) 2--4
commend (v.)
convey greetings, present kind regards<
MM I.iv.88 [Isabella to Lucio] Commend me to my brother
MV III.ii.232 [Salerio to Bassanio] Signor Antonio / Commends him to you
MW I.iv.152 [Fenton to Mistress Quickly, of Anne] If thou seest her before me, commend me
TG II.iv.121 [Proteus to Valentine] Your friends ... have them much commended
commend (v.) 2--6,(n.)
content (adj.)
agreeable, willing, ready
1H6 IV.i.70 [King to Talbot] are you not content? [Talbot] Content, my liege? Yes
1H6 V.iii.165 [Suffolk to himself] I could be well content / To be mine own attorney in this case
content (adj.) 2--3,(n.), (v.)
corse (n.)
corpse, dead body
Ham V.i.163 [First Clown to Hamlet] we have many pocky corses nowadays
1H6 I.i.62 [Bedford to Messenger] What sayest thou, man, before dead Henry’s corse?
counterfeit (v.)
1 copy, imitate, simulate
E3 II.i.256 [Countess to Edward] He that doth clip or counterfeit your stamp / Shall die
1H6 II.iv.62 [Richard to Somerset] Meantime your cheeks do counterfeit our roses
2 pretend, feign, make believe
AYL III.v.17 [Phebe to Silvius] Now counterfeit to swoon
AYL IV.iii.167 [Rosalind as Ganymede to Oliver, of her fainting] a body would think this was well counterfeited
Cor II.iii.99 [Coriolanus to Fourth Citizen] I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man
counterfeit (n.), (adj.)
course (n.)
course of action, way of proceeding
Cym III.iv.113 [Pisanio to Innogen] I have consider'd of a course
R2 II.i.213 [York to Richard] by bad courses may be understood / That their events can never fall out good
course (n.) 2--8, (v.)
crave (v.)
beg, entreat, request
CE I.ii.26 [First Merchant to Antipholus of Syracuse] I crave your pardon
1H6 I.i.159 [Third Messenger to Bedford] The Earl of Salisbury craveth supply
1H6 II.iii.12 [Messenger to Countess] acording as your ladyship desired, / By message craved, so is Lord Talbot come
crave (v.) 2--3
cuckold (n.)
[mocking name] man with an unfaithful wife
AW II.ii.24 [Clown to Countess, of his answer] As fit as ... the cuckold to his horn
Ham IV.v.120 [Laertes to Claudius] Cries cuckold to my father
MW II.ii.297 [Ford alone] Fie, fie, fie! Cuckold, cuckold, cuckold!
Oth III.iii.165 [Iago to Othello] That cuckold lives in bliss / Who certain of his fate loves not his wronger
cuckold (v.)
discover (v.)
reveal, show, make known
Cym III.v.96 [Cloten to Pisanio] Discover where thy mistress is
MA I.ii.10 [Antonio to Leonato] the Prince discovered to Claudio that he loved my niece
TN II.v.154 [Malvolio to himself] Daylight and champain discovers not more!
discover (v.) 2--6
envious (adj.)
malicious, spiteful, vindictive, full of enmity
1H6 III.i.196 [Exeter alone, of the peers' agreement] So will this base and envious disCord breed
MM III.ii.137 [disguised Duke to Lucio, of the Duke] he shall appear to the envious a scholar
R2 III.iii.65 [Bolingbroke to all, of King Richard as the sun] he perceives the envious clouds are bent / To dim his glory
TNK II.i.319 [Palamon to Gaoler] Devils take 'em / That are so envious to me
envy (n.)
fain (adv.)
[usually with would] gladly, willingly
Ham II.ii.131 [Polonius to Claudius] I would fain prove so
Ham IV.vii.190 [Laertes to Claudius] I have a speech o'fire that fain would blaze
fain (adj.), (v.)
false (adj.)
treacherous, traitorous, perfidious
Ham IV.v.12 [Gertrude to all] this is counter, you false Danish dogs!
1H6 IV.i.63 [Gloucester to all, of Burgundy] such false dissembling guile
R2 I.iii.106 [First Herald to all, of Bolingbroke] On pain to be found false and recreant
false (adj.) 2--8, (n.), (adv.)
fare (v.)
get on, manage, do, cope
Cym III.i.82 [Cloten to Lucius] if you fall in the adventure, our crows shall fare the better for you
1H6 II.v.4 [Mortimer to Gaoler] So fare my limbs with long imprisonment
E3 IV.vi.1 [Artois to Prince Edward] How fares your grace?
TS induction.2.100 [Sly to Page dressed as Sly’s wife] I fare well
fare (v.) 2, (n.)
field (n.)
field of battle, battleground, field of combat
H5 III.ii.9 [Pistol to Nym and Bardolph] sword and shield / In bloody field, / Doth win immortal fame
H5 IV.vi.2 [King Henry to Exeter] yet keep the French the field
1H6 V.iii.12 [Pucelle to the spirits] Help me this once, that France may get the field [i.e. win the battle]
field (n.) 2--4
forbear (v.)
1 stop, cease, desist
AYL II.vii.88 [Orlando to all] Forbear, and eat no more
1H6 III.i.106 [Gloucester to his fighting servants] Let me persuade you to forbear awhile
3H6 IV.i.6 [Somerset to Richard and George] forbear this talk
TG III.i.202 [Proteus to Launce] Villain, forbear
2 leave alone, avoid, stay away [from]
AC III.xiii.107 [Antony to Cleopatra] Have I ... / Forborne the getting of a lawful race
AYLII.vii.128 [Orlando to Duke Senior] forbear your food a little while
R3 IV.iv.118 [Queen Margaret to Queen Elizabeth] Forbear to sleep the nights
forbear (v.) 3--4
forsooth (adv.)
in truth, certainly, truly, indeed
AC V.ii.278 [Clown to Cleopatra, responding to her ‘get thee gone'] Yes, forsooth
1H4 I.iii.138 [Hotspur to Worcester and Northumberland, of King Henry] He will forsooth have all my prisoners
MND III.ii.230 [Helena to Hermia] wherefore doth Lysander … tender me forsooth affection
MW III.ii.5 [Robin to Mistress Page] I had rather, forsooth, go before you like a man
forswear (v.)
1 swear falsely, perjure [oneself], break one's word
MND I.i.240 [Helena to herself] As waggish boys in game themselves forswear, / So the boy love is peRJured everywhere
RJ III.v.196 [Capulet to Juliet] I'll not be forsworn
TG II.v.2 [Launce to Speed] Forswear not thyself
2 abandon, renounce, reject, give up
1H4 II.ii.15 [Falstaff, as if alone, of Poins] I have forsworn his company hourly
3H6 III.ii.153 [Richard to himself] love forswore me in my mother's womb
LLL V.ii.410 [Berowne to Rosaline, of his rhetorical words] I do forswear them
3 deny, repudiate, refuse to admit
1H4 V.ii.38 [Worcester to Hotspur, of King Henry] now forswearing that he is forsworn [first instance]
MA V.i.162 [Don Pedro to Benedick, quoting Beatrice on Benedick] he swore a thing to me on Monday night, which he forswore on Tuesday morning
RJ I.v.52 [Romeo to himself, of seeing Juliet] Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
fright (v.)
frighten, scare, terrify
Cor I.ix.5 [Cominius to Martius] where ladies shall be frighted / And ... hear more
H5 V.ii.226 [King Henry to Katherine] when I come to woo ladies I fright them
MW II.i.125 [Page to Ford, of Nym] Here's a fellow frights English out of his wits
Per V.iii.3 [Pericles to Diana, of himself] Frighted from my country
gage (n.)
pledge, challenge [usually, a glove or gauntlet thrown down]
H5 IV.i.203 [King Henry to Williams] Give me any gage of thine, and I will wear it in my bonnet
R2 IV.i.34 [Fitzwater to Aumerle] There is my gage, Aumerle, in gage to thine
gage (v.)
gentle (adj.)
well-born, honourable, noble
Cor II.iii.96 [Coriolanus to Fourth Citizen, of the people] ’Tis a condition they account gentle
1H6 III.ii.135 [Talbot to Burgundy, of Bedford] A gentler heart did never sway in court
1H6 IV.i.44 [Talbot to all] a hedge-born swain / That doth presume to boast of gentle blood
Oth III.iv.118 [Desdemona to Cassio] thrice-gentle Cassio!
R2 II.iii.45 [Bolingbroke to Percy] I thank thee, gentle Percy
gentle (adj.) 2--5,(n.), (adv.)
glass (n.)
mirror, looking-glass
CE V.i.418 [Dromio of Ephesus to Dromio of Syracuse] Methinks you are my glass
Cym IV.i.7 [Cloten alone] it is not vain-glory for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber
Ham III.i.154 [Ophelia alone, of Hamlet] The glass of fashion
glass (n.) 2--4,(v.)
habit (n.)
dress, clothing, costume
Cym V.i.30 [Posthumus alone] Let me make men know / More valour in me than my habits show
H5 III.vi.111 [Montjoy to King Henry] You know me by my habit
KJ I.i.210 [Bastard alone, of himself] not alone in habit and device
TG II.vii.39 [Lucetta to Julia] in what habit will you go along?
habit (n.) 2--4
haply (adv.)
perhaps, maybe, by chance, with luck
CE V.i.184 [Egeon to Duke] Haply I see a friend will save my life
Ham IV.i.40 [Claudius to Gertrude] So haply slander ... may miss our name
heavy (adj.)
sorrowful, sad, gloomy
R3 I.iv.68 [Clarence to Keeper] My soul is heavy
RJ I.i.137 [Montague to Benvolio, of Romeo] Away from light steals home my heavy son
TG IV.ii.136 [disguised Julia to Host] it hath been the longest night / That e'er I watched, and the most heaviest
heavy (adj.) 2--10
hie (v.)
hasten, hurry, speed
AW IV.iv.12 [Helena to Widow and Diana] My husband hies him home
CE III.ii.155 [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse] Go, hie thee presently
Ham I.i.155 [Horatio to Marcellus and Barnardo] Th'extravagant and erring spirit hies / To his confine
humour (n.)
mood, disposition, frame of mind, temperament [as determined by bodily fluids]
AYL III.ii.29 [Touchstone to Corin, of a shepherd's life] it fits my humour well
CE II.ii.7 [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse] Is your merry humour altered?
R2 V.v.10 [Richard alone] these same thoughts people this little world, / In humours like the people of this world
TNK V.ii.36 [Doctor to Wooer, of the Gaoler's Daughter] The melancholy humour that infects her
humour (n.) 2--6,(v.); HUMOURS
ill (adj.)
bad, adverse, unfavourable
AC II.ii.160[Antony to Caesar, of Pompey] I must thank him only, / Lest my remembrance suffer ill report
R2 III.iv.80 [Queen Isabel to Gardener] how / Camest thou by this ill tidings?
ill (adj.) 2--6,(v.), (adv.)
ill (adv.)
badly, adversely, unfavourably
1H6 IV.i.74 [King to Talbot, of Burgundy] Let him perceive how ill we brook his treason
R2 V.iii.98 [York to King Henry] Ill mayst thou thrive if thou grant any grace
ill (adv.) 2, (adj.)
intent (n.)
intention, purpose, aim
AW I.iii.213 [Countess to Helena] Had you not lately an intent ... / To go to Paris?
KL II.i.63 [Edmund to Gloucester, of Edgar] I dissuaded him from his intent
LLL V.ii.753 [King to the ladies, of their beauty] fashioning our humours / Even to the opposed end of our intents
R3 I.i.149 [Richard alone] if I fail not in my deep intent
issue (n.)
1 child(ren), offspring, family, descendant
1H6 II.v.94 [Mortimer to Richard] thou seest that I no issue have
KL I.i.66 [Lear to Gonerill] To thine and Albany's issues / Be this perpetual
Mac III.i.64 [Macbeth alone] for Banquo's issue have I filed my mind
2 outcome, result, consequence(s)
H5 V.ii.12 [Queen Isabel to King Henry] happy be the issue ... / Of this good day
Oth III.iii.217 [Iago to Othello] I am to pray you, not to strain my speech / To grosser issues
WT V.iii.128 [Hermione to Perdita] I ... have preserved / Myself to see the issue
issue (n.) 3--4, (v.)
knave (n.)
scoundrel, rascal, rogue
Ham V.i.135 [Hamlet to Horatio, of the First Clown] How absolute the knave is!
1H4 II.ii.83 [Falstaff to Travellers] bacon-fed knaves
knave (n.) 2--3
lief, had as (adj.)
should like just as much
Ham III.ii.3 [Hamlet to the Players] I had as lief the town crier spoke my lines
1H4 IV.ii.17 [Falstaff alone] I press ... such a commodity of warm slaves as had as lief hear the devil as a drum
like (adj.)
same, similar, alike, equal
Ham I.ii.212 [Horatio to Hamlet] These hands are not more like
Cym IV.ii.236 [Arviragus to Guiderius] use like note and words
3H6 I.ii.75 [York to all, of battles previously won] Why should I not now have the like success?
LLL IV.ii.85 [Costard to Holofernes, of the one most likely to be pierced] he that is likest to a hogshead
like (n.), (adj.) 2, (v.), (adv.)
like (adv.)
likely, probable / probably
AYL I.ii.17 [Celia to Rosalind] nor none is like to have
Ham II.ii.348 [Hamlet to Rosencrantz] it is most like
like (adv.) 2--4,(n.), (adj.), (v.)
livery (n.)
uniform, costume, special clothing
2H4 V.v.12 [Falstaff to Shallow] if I had had time to have made new liveries
MND I.i.70 [Theseus to Hermia] examine well your blood / Whether ... / You can endure the livery of a nun
livery (n.) 2--3, (v.)
mark (v.)
note, pay attention to, take notice of
Cor V.iii.92 [Coriolanus to the Volscians] Aufidius and you Volsces, mark
Ham II.i.15 [Polonius to Reynaldo] Do you mark this?
2H4 I.ii.123 [Falstaff to Lord Chief Justice] the disease of not listening, the malady of not marking
Mac IV.iii.169 [Ross to Macduff] Where sighs and groans … / Are made, not marked
mark (n.) 2, (n.)
marvellous (adv.)
very, extremely, exceedingly
MND III.i.2 [Quince to all] here’s a marvellous convenient place for our rehearsal
R3 III.v.1 [stage direction] Enter Richard ... and Buckingham, in rotten armour, marvellous ill-favoured
meet (adj.)
fit, suitable, right, proper
Ham I.v.107 [Hamlet alone] meet it is I set it down
H5 I.ii.255 [Ambassador to King Henry, of the Dauphin] He therefore sends you, meeter for your spirit, / This tun of treasure
Ham I.v.171 [Hamlet to Horatio and Marcellus] As I perchance hereafter shall think meet
2H6 I.iii.158 [Gloucester to King] I say ... York is meetest man / To be your Regent
Mac V.i.16 [Doctor to Gentlewoman, of telling him what she has seen] ’tis most meet you should
meet (adj.) 2, (v.), (adv.)
mere (adj.)
complete, total, absolute, utter
AYL II.vii.166 [Jaques to all] second childishness, and mere oblivion
Cym IV.ii.92 [Cloten to Guiderius] to thy mere confusion, thou shalt know / I am son to th’ queen
TS induction.1.21 [First Huntsman to Lord, of a hound following a scent] He cried upon it at the merest loss
mere (adj.) 2, (adv.)
merely (adv.)
completely, totally, entirely
AW IV.iii.20 [Second Lord to First Lord, of themselves] Merely our own traitors
AYL III.ii.383 [Rosalind to Orlando] Love is merely a madness
see also merely (adv.) 2--3
methinks(t), methought(s)(v.)
it seems / seemed to me
AW II.iii.251 [Lafew to Parolles] Methinkst thou art a general offence
Ham V.ii.98 [Hamlet to Osrick] But yet methinks it is very sultry
Ham V.ii.5 [Hamlet to Horatio] Methought I lay / Worse than the mutines in the bilboes
WT I.ii.154 [Leontes to Hermione] methoughts I did recoil / Twenty-three years
morn (n.)
morning, dawn
Ham I.iii.41 [Laertes to Ophelia] the morn and liquid dew of youth
Mac IV.iii.4 [Macduff to Malcolm] Each new morn / New widows howl
MM II.iv.71 [Isabella to Angelo] my morn prayer
Tem V.i.307 [Prospero to Alonso] In the morn, / I’ll bring you to your ship
morrow (n.)
morning
1H4 II.i.33 [Gadshill to Carriers] Good morrow, carriers
2H4 III.i.32 [Warwick to King Henry IV] Many good morrows to your majesty!
H5 IV.chorus.33 [Chorus, of King Henry and his soldiers] Bids them good morrow
MW II.i.32 [Mistress Quickly to Falstaff] Give your worship good morrow
office (n.)
task, service, duty, responsibility
MA V.iv.14 [Leonato to Antonio] You know your office
MND II.ii.8 [Titania to Fairies] Sing me now asleep; / Then to your offices
Tem I.ii.312 [Prospero to Miranda, of Caliban] He ... serves in offices / That profit us
TN III.iv.317 [First Officer to Second Officer, of Antonio] This is the man; do thy office
see also office (n.) 2--8, (v.)
oft (adv.)
often
AC IV.xiv.139 [Anthony to the guards] I have led you oft
Cym V.v.249 [Cornelius to Cymbeline] The queen, sir, very oft importuned me / To temper poisons for her
ope (v.)
open
CE III.i.73 [Antipholus of Ephesus to Dromio of Ephesus] I'll break ope the gate
Ham I.iv.50 [Hamlet to Ghost] why the sepulchre ... Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws
Tem V.i.45 [Prospero alone] graves at my command / Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let ’em forth
owe (v.)
own, possess, have
AW III.ii.119 [Helena alone] all the miseries which nature owes
KL I.iv.119 [Fool to Lear] Lend less than thou owest
Mac I.iii.75 [Macbeth to Witches] Say from whence / You owe this strange intelligence
R3 IV.iv.142 [Queen Elizabeth to King Richard] The slaughter of the prince that owed that crown
owe (n.) 2--3
parle, parley (n.)
negotiation, meeting [between enemies under a truce, to discuss terms]
E3 I.ii.22 [King David to Lorraine] we with England will not enter parley
H5 III.iii.2 [King Henry to the citizens of Harfleur] This is the latest parle we will admit
1H6 III.iii.35 [Pucelle to all, of Burgundy] Summon a parley; we will talk with him
TS I.i.114 [Hortensio to Gremio] the nature of our quarrel yet never brooked parle
parley (n.) 2--3, (v.)
pate (n.)
head, skull
CE II.i.78 [Adriana to Dromio of Ephesus] Back, slave, or I will break thy pate across
Cym II.i.7 [First Lord to Cloten, of Cloten’s bowling opponent] You have broke his pate with your bowl
peradventure (adv.)
perhaps, maybe, very likely
AYL I.ii.49 [Celia to Rosalind, of Touchstone] Per adventure this is not Fortune's work
E3 V.i.22 [Edward to Calais Citizens] You, peradventure, are but servile grooms
KJ V.vi.31 [Hubert to Bastard, of King John] The King / Yet speaks, and peradventure may recover
perchance (adv.)
perhaps, maybe
CE IV.i.39 [Antipholus of Ephesus to Angelo] Per chance I will be there as soon as you
KJ IV.i.114 [Arthur to Hubert, of the fire] it perchance will sparkle in your eyes
perchance (adv.) 2
perforce (adv.)
1 forcibly, by force, violently
CE IV.iii.94 [Courtesan alone, of Antipholus of Syracuse] He rushed into my house and took perforce / My ring away
R2 II.iii.120 [Bolingbroke to York] my rights and royalties / Plucked from my arms perforce
2 of necessity, with no choice in the matter
E3 III.i.182 [Mariner to King John, ofthe navies] we perforce were fain to give them way
R2 V.ii.35 [York to Duchess of York] The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted
physic (n.)
medicine, healing, treatment
AW II.i.185 [King to Helena] thy physic I will try
2H4 IV.v.16 [Prince Henry to Clarence, of King Henry IV] If he be sick with joy, he'll recover without physic
MM IV.vi.7 [Isabella to Mariana, of the Duke speaking against her] ’tis a physic / That's bitter to sweet end
RJ II.iii.48 [Romeo to Friar, of Juliet] Both our remedies / Within thy help and holy physic lies
physic (n.) 2, (v.)
place (n.)
position, post, office, rank
3H6 III.i.49 [King to himself] To strengthen and support King Edward's place
Mac I.iv.37 [King to all] Sons, kinsmen, thanes, / And you whose places are the nearest
Oth I.iii.235 [Othello to Duke] I crave fit disposition for my wife, / Due reference of place and exhibition
Per V.i.19 [Helicanus to Lysimachus] what is your place?
place (n.) 2--6, (v.)
post (n.)
express messenger, courier
2H4 II.iv.351 [Peto to Prince Henry] there are twenty weak and wearied posts / Come from the north
2H6 III.i.282 [stage direction] Enter a Post
3H6 V.i.1 [Warwick to all] Where is the post that came from valiant Oxford?
Mac I.iii.97 [Ross to Macbeth] As thick as hail / Came post with post
post (n.) 2--3, (v.), (adv.)
power (n.)
armed force, troops, host, army
Cor I.ii.9 [Aufidius to all, reading a letter about the Romans] They have pressed a power
1H6 II.ii.33 [Burgundy to all, of the French] We'll follow them with all the power we have
1H6 V.ii.5 [Alençon to Charles] keep not back your powers in dalliance
R2 III.ii.211 [King Richard to all] That power I have, discharge
see also power (n.) 2--9
prate (v.)
prattle, chatter, blather
CE II.ii.202 [Luciana to Dromio of Syracuse] Why pratest thou to thyself
Cor I.i.46 [First Citizen to all] Why stand we prating here?
Ham V.i.276 [Hamlet to Laertes] if thou prate of mountains
prate (n.)
present (adj.)
immediate, instant
Cor III.i.211 [Brutus to all] Martius is worthy / Of present death
Ham V.i.291 [Claudius to Laertes] We'll put the matter to the present push
present (adj.) 2--7, (n.), (v.)
presently (adv.)
immediately, instantly, at once
TNK II.i.277 [Gaoler to Arcite] you must presently to th'Duke
CE III.ii.155 [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse] Go, hie thee presently
presently (adv.) 2
purpose (n.)
intention, aim, plan
KL I.iv.235 [Gonerill to Lear] understand my purposes aright
Mac II.ii.52 [Lady Macbeth to Macbeth] Infirm of purpose!
MM V.i.310 [Escalus to disguised Duke] we will know his purpose
purpose (n.) 2--3, (v.)
quoth (v.)
said
AW I.iii.83 [Clown to Countess] One in ten, quoth’a!
AYL II.i.51 [First Lord to Duke Senior, of Jaques] ‘’Tis right,’ quoth he
CE II.i.62 [Dromio of Ephesus to Adriana] ‘’Tis dinner-time,’ quoth I
1H4 II.i.49 [Chamberlain to Gadshill] At hand, quoth pick-purse
rail (v.)
rant, rave, be abusive [about]
CE IV.iv.72 [Antipholus of Ephesus to Dromio of Ephesus, of Adriana] Didst not her kitchen-maid rail, taunt, and sCorn me?
H5 II.ii.41 [King Henry to Exeter] Enlarge the man committed yesterday / That railed against our person
R2 V.v.90 [Richard, as if to his horse] Why do I rail on thee
TN I.v.89 [Olivia to Malvolio] There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail
remembrance (n.)
memory, bringing to mind, recollection
AW I.iii.129 [Countess to herself] our remembrances of days foregone
Cym III.i.2 [Lucius to Cymbeline, of Caesar] whose remembrance yet / Lives in men's eyes
LLL V.ii.805 [Princess to King] For the remembrance of my father's death
sad (adj.)
serious, grave, solemn
MA I.iii.56 [Borachio to Don John] comes me the Prince and Claudio ... in sad conference
MA III.ii.15 [Leonato to Benedick] methinks you are sadder [than you were]
MND II.i.51 [Puck to Fairy] The wisest aunt telling the saddest tale / Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me
MV I.i.1 [Antonio to Salerio and Solanio] In sooth I know not why I am so sad
scape, ’scape (v.)
escape, avoid
1H4 II.ii.59 [Prince Hal to all, of the travellers] if they scape from your encounter, then they light on us
MW III.v.107 [Falstaff to Ford as Brook] It was a miracle to 'scape suffocation
several (adj.)
separate, different, distinct
AC I.v.62 [Alexas to Cleopatra] twenty several messengers
Cor I.viii.1 [stage direction] Enter Martius and Aufidius at several doors
E3 I.i.168 [Prince Edward to all] Then cheerfully forward, each a several way
LLL V.ii.125 [Boyet to Princess, of the King's party knowing their ladies] By favours several which they did bestow
MND V.i.407 [Oberon to all] Every fairy take his gait, / And each several chamber bless
several (adj.) 2--3, (n.)
something (adv.)
somewhat, rather
Cym I.ii.17 [Innogen to Posthumus] I something fear my father's wrath
Ham I.iii.121 [Polonius to Ophelia] Be something scanter of your maiden presence
2H4 I.ii.189 [Falstaff to Lord Chief Justice] I was born [with] ... something a round belly
KL I.i.20 [Gloucester to Kent, of Edmund] this knave came something saucily to the world
Tem III.i.58 [Miranda to Ferdinand] I prattle / Something too wildly
see also something (adv.) 2
sport (n.)
recreation, amusement, entertainment
AYL I.ii.23 [Rosalind to Celia] I will [be merry], coz, and devise sports
AYL I.ii.124 [Touchstone to Le Beau] what is the sport ... that the ladies have lost?
Ham III.ii.227 [Second Player, as Queen, to her King] Sport and repose lock from me day and night
1H6 II.ii.45 [Burgundy to all] I see our wars / Will turn unto a peaceful comic sport
LLL V.ii.153 [Princess to Boyet] There's no such sport as sport by sport o'erthrown
sport (n.) 2--4, (v.)
still (adv.)
constantly, always, continually
Ham III.i.175 [Claudius to Polonius, of Hamlet] his brains still beating
1H4 V.ii.6 [Worcester to Vernon, of King Henry] He will suspect us still
still (adv.) 2, (adj.), (v.)
straight (adv.)
straightaway, immediately, at once
E3 IV.iv.72 [Herald to Prince Edward, of King John] He straight will fold his bloody colours up
1H6 IV.iv.40 [Somerset to Lucy] I will dispatch the horsemen straight
suit (n.)
formal request, entreaty, petition
CE IV.i.69 [Second Merchant to Officer, of Angelo] arrest him at my suit
Cor V.iii.135 [Volumnia to Coriolanus, of the Romans and Volsces] our suit / Is that you reconcile them
see also suit (n.) 2--4, (v.)
sup (v.)
have supper
1H4 I.ii.191 [Prince Hal to Poins, of Eastcheap] There I'll sup
2H4 II.ii.139 [Prince Henry to Bardolph, of Falstaff] Where sups he?
Oth V.i.117 [Iago to Emilia] Go know of Cassio where he supped tonight
sup (n.) 2--3
undone (adj.)
ruined, destroyed, brought down
Oth V.i.54 [Cassio to Iago] I am spoiled, undone by villains!
RJ III.ii.38 [Nurse to Juliet] We are undone, lady
WT IV.iv.450 [Shepherd to Florizel] You have undone a man of fours core three
visage (n.)
face, countenance
MV III.ii.59 [Portia to Bassanio, of the Trojan wives] With bleared visages come forth to view / The issue of th'exploit
RJ I.iv.29 [Mercutio to Romeo] Give me a case to put my visage in
see also visage (n.) 2
voice (n.)
vote, official support
Cor II.iii.76 [Coriolanus to Second Citizen] Your good voice, sir. What say you?
Cor II.iii.155 [First Citizen to Sicinius, of Coriolanus] He has our voices
voice (n.) 2--5, (v.)
want (v.)
lack, need, be without
Ham I.ii.150 [Hamlet alone] a beast that wants discourse of reason / Would have mourned longer
1H6 I.i.143 [Bedford to Third Messenger, of Talbot] such a worthy leader, wanting aid
want (v.) 2--4, (n.)
warrant (v.)
assure, promise, guarantee, confirm
AW III.v.65 [Widow to Diana, of Helena] I warrant, good creature, wheresoe’er she is, / Her heart weighs sadly
AYL I.ii.192 [Charles to Duke] I warrant your grace
Ham III.iii.29 [Polonius to Claudius, of Gertrude and Hamlet] I'll warrant she'll tax him home
1H6 II.v.95 [Mortimer to Richard] thou seest that ... my fainting words do warrant death
TNK III.vi.68 [Palamon to Arcite] I'll warrant thee I'll strike home
warrant (n.) 2--6, (n.)
wench (n.)
girl, lass
Tem I.ii.139 [Prospero to Miranda] Well demanded, wench
Tem I.ii.480 [Prospero to Miranda] Foolish wench!
TNK II.iii.12 [Gaoler’s Daughter alone] I pitied him, / And so would any young wench
wit (n.)
1 intelligence, wisdom, good sense
CE II.ii.93 [Antipholus of Syracuse to Dromio of Syracuse] thou didst conclude hairy men plain dealers, without wit
1H6 I.ii.73 [Pucelle to Dauphin] I am by birth a shepherd's daughter, / My wit untrained in any kind of art
2 mental sharpness, acumen, quickness, ingenuity
AYL IV.i.151 [Rosalind (as Ganymede) to Orlando] Make the doors upon a woman's wit, and it will out at the casement
AYL V.i.11 [Touchstone to himself] we that have good wits have much to answer for
wit (n.) 3--6, (v.)
wont (v.)
be accustomed, used [to], be in the habit of
CE II.ii.162 [Luciana to Antipholus of Syracuse] When were you wont to use my sister thus?
CE IV.iv.35 [Dromio of Ephesus to Antipholus of Ephesus, of beating] I bear it on my shoulders, as a beggar wont her brat [i.e. habitually does to her child]
1H6 I.ii.14 [Regnier to all] Talbot is taken, whom we wont to fear
3H6 II.vi.76 [Warwick to dead Clifford] swear as thou wast wont
wont (n.)
wot (v.)
learn, know, be told
AC I.v.22 [Cleopatra to Charmian, as if to Antony’s horse] wot’st thou whom thou mov’st?
1H6 IV.vi.32 [Talbot to his son] too much folly is it, well I wot
1H6 IV.vii.55 [Lucy to Charles, of the word 'submission'] We English warriors wot not what it means
R3 II.iii.18 [Third Citizen to others] Stood the state so? No, no, good friends, God wot!
WT III.ii.75 [Hermione to Leontes] the gods themselves, / Wotting no more than I, are ignorant