Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
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- addle
mix up or confuse
Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat; and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarrelling. - prolixity
boring verbosity
Ben. The date is out of such prolixity. - arbitrate
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Therefore, out of thy long-experienc'd time, Give me some present counsel; or, behold, 'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife Shall play the empire,arbitrating that Which the commission of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honour br - doff
remove
Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself. - amble
walk leisurely
I am not for this ambling. - dowdy
lacking in stylishness or taste
Laura, to his lady, was but a kitchen wench (marry, she had a better love to berhyme her), Dido a dowdy, Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero hildings and harlots, This be a gray eye or so, but not to the purpose. - waddle
walk unsteadily
And since that time it is eleven years, For then she could stand high-lone; nay, by th' rood, She could have run and waddled all about; For even the day before, she broke her brow; And then my husband (God be with his soul! - drivel
saliva spilling from the mouth
For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. - bawdy
humorously vulgar
Mer. 'Tis no less, I tell ye; for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon. - sententious
concise and full of meaning
R is for the- No; I know it begins with some other letter; and she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good to hear it. - jocund
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. - braggart
a very boastful and talkative person
Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! - trudge
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
[To Servant, giving him a paper] Go, sirrah, trudge about Through fair Verona; find those persons out Whose names are written there, and to them say, My house and welcome on their pleasure stay- Exeunt [Capulet and Paris]. - paramour
a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
Shall I believe That unsubstantial Death is amorous, And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour? - rote
memorization by repetition
O, she knew well Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell. - garish
tastelessly showy
Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow'd night; Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun. - gossamer
a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
A lover may bestride the gossamer That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet not fall; so light is vanity. - bauble
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. - gory
covered with blood
What mean these masterless and gory swords To lie discolour'd by this place of peace? - lineament
the characteristic parts of a person's face
Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, And find delight writ there with beauty's pen; Examine every married lineament, And see how one another lends content; And what obscur'd in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes, This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lacks a cover. - canker
an ulcerlike sore
Two such opposed kings encamp them still In man as well as herbs- grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant. - misadventure
an instance of misfortune
Your looks are pale and wild and do import Some misadventure. - forswear
formally reject or disavow
She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow Do I live dead that live to tell it now. - dank
unpleasantly cool and humid
Non, ere the sun advance his burning eye The day to cheer and night's dankdew to dry, I must up-fill this osier cage of ours With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers. - penury
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
Noting this penury, to myself I said, 'An if a man did need a poison now Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.' - peruse
examine or consider with attention and in detail
Let me peruse this face. - poultice
a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
Is this the poultice for my aching bones? - distraught
deeply agitated especially from emotion
Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of the place- As in a vault, an ancient receptacle Where for this many hundred years the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack'd; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies fest'ring in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort- Alack, alack, is it not like that I, So early waking- what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of th... - presage
a foreboding about what is about to happen
Rom. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. - prate
speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
Lord, Lord! when 'twas a little prating thing- O, there is a nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife aboard; but she, good soul, had as lieve see a toad, a very toad, as see him. - sunder
break apart or in two, using violence
O, what more favour can I do to thee Than with that hand that cut thy youth in twain To sunder his that was thine enemy? - carrion
the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
More validity, More honourable state, more courtship lives In carrion flies than Romeo. - conspire
act in agreement and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
What further woe conspires against mine age? - baleful
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Non, ere the sun advance his burning eye The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry, I must up-fill this osier cage of ours With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers. - mischance
an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
Meantime forbear, And let mischance be slave to patience. - minion
a servile or fawning dependant
Mistress minion you, Thank me no thankings, nor proud me no prouds, But fettle your fine joints 'gainst Thursday next To go with Paris to Saint Peter's Church, Or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither. - propagate
multiply through reproduction
Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate, to have it prest With more of thine. - dirge
a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
Cap. All things that we ordained festival Turn from their office to black funeral- Our instruments to melancholy bells, Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change; Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse; And all things change them to the contrary. - headstrong
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Cap. How now, my headstrong? - conduit
a passage through which water or electric wires can pass
How now? a conduit, girl? - nuptial
of or relating to a wedding
'Tis since the nuptial of Lucentio, Come Pentecost as quickly as it will, Some five-and-twenty years, and then we mask'd. 2. - impute
attribute or credit to
Therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love, Which the dark night hath so discovered. - vial
a small bottle that contains a drug
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, depriv'd of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death; And ... - incorporate
make into a whole or make part of a whole
Come, come with me, and we will make short work; For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till Holy Church incorporate two in one. - potion
a medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage
Then gave I her (so tutored by my art) A sleeping potion; which so took effect As I intended, for it wrought on her The form of death. - budge
move very slightly
I will not budge for no man's pleasure,
Enter Romeo. - bandy
discuss lightly
Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me, But old folks, many feign as they were dead- Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. - unwieldy
difficult to use or handle because of size or weight
Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me, But old folks, many feign as they were dead- Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. - effeminate
having unsuitable feminine qualities
O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper soft'ned valour's steel
Enter Benvolio. - ambiguity
unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while, Till we can clear these ambiguitiesAnd know their spring, their head, their true descent; And then will I be general of your woes And lead you even to death. - stealth
avoiding detection by moving carefully
Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you; Or if he do, it needs must be by stealth. - musty
covered with or smelling of mold
Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones; And in his needy shop a tortoise hung, An alligator stuff'd, and other skins Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds, Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses Were thinly scattered, to make up a show. - hap
come to pass
Hence will I to my ghostly father's cell, His help to crave and my dear hap to tell. - cull
remove something that has been rejected
I do remember an apothecary, And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I noted In tatt'red weeds, with overwhelming brows, Culling of simples. - scurvy
a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid
Scurvy knave! - fleck
a small contrasting part of something
The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night, Check'ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light; And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels. - agile
moving quickly and lightly
Romeo he cries aloud, 'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and swifter than his tongue, His agile arm beats down their fatal points, And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled; But by-and-by comes back to Romeo, Who had but newly entertain'd revenge, And to't they go like lightning; for, ere I Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain; And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly. - portly
fairly fat
'A bears him like a portly gentleman, And, to say truth, Verona brags of him To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth. - loll
be lazy or idle
For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. - impeach
bring an accusation against
I am the greatest, able to do least, Yet most suspected, as the time and place Doth make against me, of this direful murther; And here I stand, both toimpeach and purge Myself condemned and myself excus'd. - invocation
the act of appealing for help
That were some spite; my invocation Is fair and honest: in his mistress' name, I conjure only but to raise up him. - abate
become less in amount or intensity
And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy nor womanish fear Abate thy valour in the acting it. - bode
indicate by signs
This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish, hairs, Which once untangled much misfortune bodesThis is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage. - wreak
cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
O, how my heart abhors To hear him nam'd and cannot come to him, Towreak the love I bore my cousin Tybalt Upon his body that hath slaughter'd him! - troth
a solemn pledge of fidelity
By my troth, it is well said. - doleful
filled with or evoking sadness
'When griping grief the heart doth wound, And doleful dumps the mind oppress, Then music with her silver sound'-
Why 'silver sound'? - contagion
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Lady, come from that nest Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep. - dedicate
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Mon. Both by myself and many other friend; But he, his own affections' counsellor, Is to himself- I will not say how true- But to himself so secret and so close, So far from sounding and discovery, As is the bud bit with an envious worm Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air Or dedicate his beauty to the sun. - felon
someone who has been legally convicted of a crime
Par. I do defy thy, conjuration And apprehend thee for a felon here. - dote
shower with love; show excessive affection for
For doting, not for loving, pupil mine. - clout
(boxing) a blow with the fist
I anger her sometimes, and tell her that Paris is the properer man; but I'll warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world. - stifle
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? - gripe
complain
'When griping grief the heart doth wound, And doleful dumps the mind oppress, Then music with her silver sound'-
Why 'silver sound'? - purgatory
a temporary state of the dead in Roman Catholic theology
Rom. There is no world without Verona walls, But purgatory, torture, hell itself. - unruly
unable to be governed or controlled
All this- uttered With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd- Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast; Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats Cold death aside and with the other sends It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity Retorts it. - unseemly
not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper
Unseemly woman in a seeming man! - apothecary
a health professional trained in the art of preparing drugs
I do remember an apothecary, And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I noted In tatt'red weeds, with overwhelming brows, Culling of simples. - predominant
having superior power and influence
Two such opposed kings encamp them still In man as well as herbs- grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant. - fickle
liable to sudden unpredictable change
Jul. O Fortune, Fortune! all men call thee fickle. - sallow
unhealthy looking
What a deal of brine Hath wash'd thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! - perjury
criminal offense of making false statements under oath
At lovers' perjuries, They say Jove laughs. - conjure
summon into action or bring into existence
Mer. Nay, I'll conjure too. - transgression
the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Rom. Why, such is love's transgression. - descry
catch sight of
We see the ground whereon these woes do lie, But the true ground of all these piteous woes We cannot without circumstance descry. - environ
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of the place- As in a vault, an ancient receptacle Where for this many hundred years the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack'd; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth, Lies fest'ring in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort- Alack, alack, is it not like that I, So early waking- what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of th... - supple
moving and bending with ease
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, depriv'd of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death; And ... - antic
ludicrously odd
What, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? - prologue
an introduction to a play
THE PROLOGUE
Enter Chorus. - disperse
move away from each other
Let me have A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear As will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker mall fall dead, And that the trunk may be discharg'd of breath As violently as hasty powder fir'd Doth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb. - predicament
an unpleasant or difficult situation
Piteous predicament! - stint
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
'Wilt thou not, Jule?' quoth he, And, pretty fool, it stinted, and said 'Ay.' Wife. - uneven
not fairly matched as opponents
Uneven is the course; I like it not. - whit
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Cap. No, not a whit. - amended
modified for the better
Mus. Ay, by my troth, the case may be amended. - validity
the quality of being legitimate and rigorous
More validity, More honourable state, more courtship lives In carrion flies than Romeo. - stumble
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities; For naught so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give; Nor aught so good but, strain'd from that fair use, Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse. - pensive
deeply or seriously thoughtful
My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. - perverse
deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
Or if thou thinkest I am too quickly won, I'll frown, and be perverse, and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. - inexorable
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
The time and my intents are savage-wild, More fierce and more inexorable far Than empty tigers or the roaring sea. - tithe
a levy of one tenth of something
Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice. - purge
rid of impurities
I am the greatest, able to do least, Yet most suspected, as the time and place Doth make against me, of this direful murther; And here I stand, both to impeach and purge Myself condemned and myself excus'd. - brawl
to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets And made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments To wield old partisans, in hands as old, Cank'red with peace, to part your cank'red hate. - distill
undergo condensation
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, depriv'd of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death; And ... - meddle
intrude in other people's affairs or business
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ. - nimble
moving quickly and lightly
You have dancing shoes With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. - amorous
inclined toward or displaying love
Lovers can see to do their amorous rites By their own beauties; or, if love be blind, It best agrees with night. - variable
something that is likely to change
Rom. Lady, by yonder blessed moon I swear, That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops- Jul. O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. - chide
censure severely or angrily
Rom. I pray thee chide not. - expire
lose validity
Rom. I fear, too early; for my mind misgives Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expirethe term Of a despised life, clos'd in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death. - mire
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
If thou art Dun, we'll draw thee from the mire Of this sir-reverence love, wherein thou stick'st Up to the ears. - drowsy
half asleep
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest; The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall Like death when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, depriv'd of supple government, Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death; And ... - pestilence
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
Going to find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me Here in this city visiting the sick, And finding him, the searchers of the town, Suspecting that we both were in a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign, Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth, So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. - dexterity
adroitness in using the hands
All this- uttered With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd- Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast; Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats Cold death aside and with the other sends It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity Retorts it. - confines
a bounded scope
Mer. Thou art like one of these fellows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his sword upon the table and says 'God send me no need of thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawer, when indeed there is no need. - solace
comfort in disappointment or misery
But one, poor one, one poor and loving child, But one thing to rejoice andsolace in, And cruel Death hath catch'd it from my sight! - adversity
a state of misfortune or affliction
I'll give thee armour to keep off that word; Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy, To comfort thee, though thou art banished. - stratagem
an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade
Alack, alack, that heaven should practise stratagems Upon so soft a subject as myself! - smelt
extract by heating, as a metal
Within the infant rind of this small flower Poison hath residence, and medicine power; For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part; Being tasted, slays all senses with the heart. - giddy
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Ben. Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is lessoned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another's languish. - pernicious
exceedingly harmful
What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins! - idolatry
the worship of idols or images that are not God
Jul. Do not swear at all; Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee. - ebb
the outward flow of the tide
In one little body Thou counterfeit'st a bark, a sea, a wind: For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea, Do ebb and flow with tears; the bark thy body is Sailing in this salt flood; the winds, thy sighs, Who, raging with thy tears and they with them, Without a sudden calm will overset Thy tempest-tossed body. - cleft
a long narrow opening
Mer. Alas, poor Romeo, he is already dead! stabb'd with a white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a love song; the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's butt-shaft; and is he a man to encounter Tybalt? - tarry
leave slowly and hesitantly
Come, we'll in here, tarry for the mourners, and stay dinner. - morsel
a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
Rom. Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, Gorg'd with the dearestmorsel of the earth, Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, And in despite I'll cram thee with more food. - scourge
something causing misery or death
Capulet, Montage, See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love! - distribute
give to several people
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find repugnant
O, how my heart abhors To hear him nam'd and cannot come to him, To wreak the love I bore my cousin Tybalt Upon his body that hath slaughter'd him! - visage
the human face
Give me a case to put my visage in. - chaste
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
Ben. Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste? - slander
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
Rom. This gentleman, the Prince's near ally, My very friend, hath got this mortal hurt In my behalf- my reputation stain'd With Tybalt's slander- Tybalt, that an hour Hath been my kinsman. - covert
secret or hidden
Towards him I made; but he was ware of me And stole into the covert of the wood. - semblance
an outward appearance that is deliberately misleading
It is my will; the which if thou respect, Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast. - pry
be nosey
But if thou, jealous, dost return to pry In what I farther shall intend to do, By heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs. - asunder
into parts or pieces
Jul. [aside] Villain and he be many miles asunder.- - sparkle
emit or produce sparks
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears. - languish
become feeble
Ben. Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning; One pain is lessoned by another's anguish; Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning; One desperate grief cures with another's languish. - devise
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Rom. Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon; And there she shall at Friar Laurence' cell Be shriv'd and married. - profane
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Rom. If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. - redress
make reparations or amends for
'Then music with her silver sound With speedy help doth lend redress.' - misty
filled or abounding with fog
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the mistymountain tops. - pierce
penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
All this- uttered With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd- Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts Withpiercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast; Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats Cold death aside and with the other sends It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity Retorts it. - wanton
a lewd or lascivious person
Let wantons light of heart Tickle the senseless rushes with their heels; For I am proverb'd with a grandsire phrase, I'll be a candle-holder and look on; The game was ne'er so fair, and I am done. - sham
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily; If good, thou shamest the music of sweet news By playing it to me with so sour a face. - quench
satisfy, as thirst
What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins! - sojourn
a temporary stay
Sojourn in Mantua. - grudge
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. - wary
marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
The day is broke; be wary, look about. - bate
moderate or restrain; lessen the force of
Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks, With thy black mantle till strange love, grown bold, Think true love acted simple modesty. - taint
place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
And in this state she 'gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on cursies straight; O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. - knave
a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
More light, you knaves! and turn the tables up, And quench the fire, the room is grown too hot. - consort
keep company with; hang out with
Ben. Come, he hath hid himself among these trees To be consorted with the humorous night. - spade
hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
Enter Friar [Laurence], with lanthorn, crow, and spade. - issuing
the act of providing an item for general use
What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins! - discreet
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. - consume
take in as food
These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. - aloof
remote in manner
Hence, and stand aloof. - engross
devote fully to
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death! - privy
informed about something secret or not generally known
All this I know, and to the marriage Her nurse is privy; and if aught in this Miscarried by my fault, let my old life Be sacrific'd, some hour before his time, Unto the rigour of severest law. - riddle
pierce with many holes
Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift. - shady
sheltered from the sun's rays
Mon. Many a morning hath he there been seen, With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs; But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest East bean to draw Theshady curtains from Aurora's bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight And makes himself an artificial night. - augment
enlarge or increase
Mon. Many a morning hath he there been seen, With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs; But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest East bean to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight And makes himself an artificial night. - denote
have as a meaning
Thy form cries out thou art; Thy tears are womanish, thy wild acts denote The unreasonable fury of a beast. - gape
look with amazement
Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan'd for and would die, With tender Juliet match'd, is now not fair. - reconcile
come to terms
But look thou stay not till the watch be set, For then thou canst not pass to Mantua, Where thou shalt live till we can find a time To blaze your marriage,reconcile your friends, Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back With twenty hundred thousand times more joy Than thou went'st forth in lamentation. - bondage
the state of being under the control of another person
Bondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud; Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies, And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine With repetition of my Romeo's name. - prostrate
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
Jul. Where I have learnt me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition To you and your behests, and am enjoin'd By holy Laurence to fall prostrate here To beg your pardon. - fume
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears. - provoke
provide the needed stimulus for
Rom. Wilt thou provoke me? - attire
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Jul. Ay, those attires are best; but, gentle nurse, I pray thee leave me to myself to-night; For I have need of many orisons To move the heavens to smile upon my state, Which, well thou knowest, is cross and full of sin. - feign
make believe with the intent to deceive
Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me, But old folks, many feign as they were dead- Unwieldy, slow, heavy and pale as lead. - enmity
a state of deep-seated ill-will
Look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. - prohibited
forbidden by law
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the trait of being unduly vain
Jul. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. - fray
wear away by rubbing
Right glad I am he was not at this fray. - gall
a digestive juice secreted by the liver
A madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet. - discord
lack of agreement or harmony
An thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. - mutiny
open rebellion against constituted authority
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. - solemnity
a trait of dignified seriousness
What, dares the slave Come hither, cover'd with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? - rouse
cause to become awake or conscious
What, rouse thee, man! - writ
a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ. - forfeit
lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. - excel
distinguish oneself
Though his face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels all men's; and for a hand and a foot, and a body, though they be not to be talk'd on, yet they are past compare. - shroud
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
Jul. O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of yonder tower, Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears, Or shut me nightly in a charnel house, O'ercover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls; Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in hisshroud- Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble- And I will do it without fear or doubt, To l... - tedious
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
So tedious is this day As is the night before some festival To an impatient child that hath new robes And may not wear them. - cleave
separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument - infection
the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. - slew
a large number or amount or extent
There lies the man, slain by young Romeo, That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio. - valiant
having or showing valor
To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand. - sullen
showing a brooding ill humor
A pack of blessings light upon thy back; Happiness courts thee in her best array; But, like a misbhav'd and sullen wench, Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love. - grievance
a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
So please you step aside, I'll know his grievance, or be much denied. - kindred
group of people related by blood or marriage
Then, as the manner of our country is, In thy best robes uncovered on the bier Thou shalt be borne to that same ancient vault Where all the kindred of the Capulets lie. - strew
spread by scattering
Par. Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew (O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones) Which with sweet water nightly I will dew; Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans. - confine
place limits on - dismal
causing dejection
This torture should be roar'd in dismal hell. - amend
make revisions to - bliss
a state of extreme happiness
She is too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, To merit bliss by making me despair. - array
an impressive display
A pack of blessings light upon thy back; Happiness courts thee in her bestarray; But, like a misbhav'd and sullen wench, Thou pout'st upon thy fortune and thy love. - partisan
a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Enter an officer, and three or four Citizens with clubs or partisans. - despise
look down on with disdain
Rom. I fear, too early; for my mind misgives Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life, clos'd in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death. - commend
present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence
Rom. Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. - crave
have an appetite or great desire for
Madam, your mother craves a word with you. - orchard
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood
ACT II. Scene I. A lane by the wall of Capulet's orchard. - dew
water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight
Mon. Many a morning hath he there been seen, With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs; But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest East bean to draw The shady curtains from Aurora's bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight And makes himself an artificial night. - beseech
ask for or request earnestly
I beseech you follow straight. - likeness
similarity in appearance or nature between persons or things
Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh; Speak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied! - apprehend
anticipate with dread or anxiety
I will apprehend him. - outrage
a disgraceful event
Gentlemen, for shame! forbear this outrage! - solely
without any others being included or involved
Follow me this jest now till thou hast worn out thy pump, that, when the single sole of it is worn, the jest may remain, after the wearing, solely singular. - rejoice
feel happiness or joy
Rom. I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendour of my own. - prohibit
command against
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a cry of sorrow and grief
Weeping and wailing over Tybalt's corse. - entreat
ask for or request earnestly
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreather eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. - gear
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism
Rom. Here's goodly gear! - procure
get by special effort
If that thy bent of love be honourable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word to-morrow, By one that I'll procure to come to thee, Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite; And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world. - strife
bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. - soar
rise rapidly
Borrow Cupid's wings And soar with them above a common bound. - torch
a light usually carried in the hand
Rom. Give me a torch. - banish
expel, as if by official decree
Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished; Romeo that kill'd him, he is banished. - plague
any large-scale calamity
And in this state she 'gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on cursies straight; O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies' lips, who straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.