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Search phrase: assign

Plays

9 result(s). alternate result(s)

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.vi.15	He gave to Alexander; to Ptolemy he assigned	He gaue to Alexander. To Ptolomy he assign'd,
As You Like It	AYL II.i.63	In their assigned and native dwelling-place.	In their assign'd and natiue dwelling place.
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.147	six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as	sixe French Rapiers and Poniards, with their assignes, as
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.158	horses against six French swords, their assigns, and	Horses against sixe French Swords: their Assignes, and
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 III.i.71	By south and east is to my part assigned.	By South and East, is to my part assign'd:
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.ii.129	Assigned am I to be the English scourge.	Assign'd am I to be the English Scourge.
Othello	Oth I.iii.282	To his conveyance I assign my wife,	To his conueyance I assigne my wife,
Richard II	R2 I.i.151	Your highness to assign our trial day.	Your Highnesse to assigne our Triall day.
Richard II	R2 IV.i.106	Till we assign you to your days of trial.	Till we assigne you to your dayes of Tryall.

Poems

1 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
A Lover's Complaint	LC.138	Of lands and mansions, theirs in thought assigned,	Of lands and mansions, theirs in thought assign'd,

Glossary

18 result(s).

allot	destine, appoint, assign
allow	bestow, legally assign
appoint	destine, assign, arrange
appoint	grant, provide, assign
ascribe	dedicate, attribute, assign
assigns	accessories, appurtenances, trappings
assure	assign, pledge, guarantee
bequeath	resign, give up, assign, hand over
devise	give, assign, confer on
direct	delegate, assign, hand over
garden-house	small building in a garden [often used for lovers' assignations]
limit	duty, assignment, responsibility
match	appointment, assignation, rendezvous
rate	allot, apportion, assign
refer	assign, give, bestow
reference	[unclear meaning] designation, appointment, assignment
sort	assigned portion, allotted measure
style	appoint, order, assign

Thesaurus

18 result(s).

assign	allot
assign	appoint
assign	appoint
assign	ascribe
assign	assure
assign	bequeath
assign	devise
assign	direct
assign	rate
assign	refer
assign	style
assign legally	allow
assignation	match
assigned portion	sort
assignment	limit
assignment	reference
legally assign	allow
portion, assigned	sort

Themes and Topics

3 result(s).

Cosmos	...planets and various constellations all assigned particular roles as in present-day a...
Hither, thither, and whither	...erto / by south and east is to my part assigned to this place to this point hi...
Welsh	...s (mw i i 49) and words are frequently assigned to the wrong part of speech or given ...

Words Families

3 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
ASSIGN	BASIC	assign n, assign v, assigned adj

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