adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
admir'd
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From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
Agri
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From this reading Agri.
AgrippanounUS /əˈɡrɪpə/
Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
amitie
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
Anth
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From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
AnthonynounUS /ˈænθəni/
Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
beautynounUS /ˈbjuːti/
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
bestnounUS /best/
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
BrothersnounUS /ˈbrʌðərz/
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
CaesarnounUS /ˈsiːzər/
conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
claimes
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
Cleopater
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From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
deserued
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From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
else
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
furtheradverbUS /ˈfɜːrðər/
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
generall
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
gracesnounUS /ˈɡreɪsɪz/
plural of “grace” — (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
GreatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
heartsnounUS /hɑːrts/
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
heere
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From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
holdverbUS /hoʊld/
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
husbandnounUS /ˈhʌzbənd/
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
knitverbUS /nɪt/
make (textiles) by knitting
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
knotnounUS /nɑːt/
a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
makeverbUS /meɪk/
engage in
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
MarkverbUS /mɑːrk/
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
marryed
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From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
mennounUS /men/
the force of workers available
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
MothersnounUS /ˈmʌðərz/
plural of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
nowadverbUS /naʊ/
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
Octauia
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From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
perpetuall
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
proofe
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From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
rashnesse
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From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
SayverbUS /seɪ/
express in words
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
sidenounUS /saɪd/
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
SisternounUS /ˈsɪstər/
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
speake
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From this reading I am not marryed Caesar: let me heere Agrippa further speake Agri.
takeverbUS /teɪk/
carry out
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
thenadverbUS /ðen/
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
Vertue
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
vn-slipping
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
vtter
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From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
welladverbUS /wel/
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
widdower
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From this reading Thou hast a Sister by the Mothers side, admir'd Octauia: Great Mark Anthony is now a widdower Caesar.
wifenounUS /waɪf/
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
worseadjectiveUS /wɜːrs/
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading To hold you in perpetuall amitie, To make you Brothers, and to knit your hearts With an vn-slipping knot, take Anthony, Octauia to his wife: whose beauty claimes No worse a husband then the best of men: whose Vertue, and whose generall graces, speake That which none else can vtter.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Say not, say Agrippa; if Cleopater heard you, your proofe were well deserued of rashnesse Anth.
