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Antony and CleopatraAC I.ii.12Bring in the banquet quickly; wine enoughBring in the Banket quickly: Wine enough,
Antony and CleopatraAC II.vii.1Music plays. Enter two or three Servants, with a banquetMusicke playes. Enter two or three Seruants with a Banket.
As You Like ItAYL II.i.57Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?’Vpon that poore and broken bankrupt there?
As You Like ItAYL II.v.59And I'll go seek the Duke; his banquet isAnd Ile go seeke the Duke, / His banket is
The Comedy of ErrorsCE I.ii.101Disguised cheaters, prating mountebanks,Disguised Cheaters, prating Mountebankes;
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.ii.57Time is a very bankrupt, and owes more than he's worth to season. Time is a verie bankerout, and owes more then he's worth to season.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.239A mere anatomy, a mountebank,A meere Anatomie, a Mountebanke, 
CoriolanusCor III.ii.132Chide me no more. I'll mountebank their loves,Chide me no more. Ile Mountebanke their Loues,
CymbelineCym II.iv.71And Cydnus swelled above the banks, or forAnd Sidnus swell'd aboue the Bankes, or for
CymbelineCym V.iv.98Upon your never-withering banks of flowers:Vpon your neuer-withering bankes of Flowres.
HamletHam III.ii.145.6lies him down upon a bank of flowers. She, seeing himLayes him downe vpon a Banke of Flowers. She seeing him
HamletHam IV.vii.140I bought an unction of a mountebank,I bought an Vnction of a Mountebanke
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.97When on the gentle Severn's sedgy bank,When on the gentle Seuernes siedgie banke,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.105And hid his crisp head in the hollow bank,And hid his crispe-head in the hollow banke,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.42That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales,That chides the Bankes of England, Scotland, and Wales,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.61Against my power, thrice from the banks of WyeAgainst my Power: thrice from the Banks of Wye,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.i.174We come within our awful banks againWee come within our awfull Banks againe,
Henry VH5 IV.ii.41Big Mars seems bankrupt in their beggared host,Bigge Mars seemes banqu'rout in their begger'd Hoast,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.228Or as the snake rolled in a flowering bank,Or as the Snake, roll'd in a flowring Banke,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.83And twice by awkward wind from England's bankAnd twice by aukward winde from Englands banke
Henry VIIIH8 I.iv.12Should find a running banquet, ere they rested,Should finde a running Banket, ere they rested,
Henry VIIIH8 I.iv.61You have now a broken banquet, but we'll mend it.You haue now a broken Banket, but wee'l mend it.
Henry VIIIH8 I.iv.98Sir Thomas Lovell, is the banquet readySir Thomas Louell, is the Banket ready
Julius CaesarJC I.i.45That Tiber trembled underneath her banksThat Tyber trembled vnderneath her bankes
Julius CaesarJC I.i.58Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tearsDraw them to Tyber bankes, and weepe your teares
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.38Upon the one side of the river's bank,Vppon the one side with the riuers banke,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.99Let creeping serpents, hid in hollow banks,Let creeping serpents hide in hollow banckes,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.41The snares of French, like emmets on a bank,The snares of French, like Emmets on a banke,
King JohnKJ II.i.442Do glorify the banks that bound them in;Do glorifie the bankes that bound them in:
King JohnKJ V.ii.104‘Vive le roi!' as I have banked their towns?Viue le Roy, as I haue bank'd their Townes?
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.27Make rich the ribs but bankrupt quite the wits.Make rich the ribs, but bankerout the wits.
MacbethMac I.vii.6But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,But heere, vpon this Banke and Schoole of time,
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.i.40There I have another bad match! A bankrupt,There I haue another bad match, a bankrout,
The Merchant of VeniceMV IV.i.122To cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt there.To cut the forfeiture from that bankrout there.
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.11Upon the wild sea banks, and waft her loveVpon the wilde sea bankes, and waft her Loue
The Merchant of VeniceMV V.i.54How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!How sweet the moone-light sleepes vpon this banke,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.249I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,I know a banke where the wilde time blowes,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.ii.46For I upon this bank will rest my head.For I vpon this banke will rest my head.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.85For debt that bankrupt sleep doth sorrow owe,For debt that bankrout slip doth sorrow owe,
OthelloOth I.iii.61By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks;By Spels, and Medicines, bought of Mountebanks;
OthelloOth IV.i.134place. I was the other day talking on the sea-bank withplace. I was the other day talking on the Sea-banke with
PericlesPer II.iv.24And now at length they overflow their banks.And now at length they ouer-flow their bankes.
Richard IIR2 II.i.151Be York the next that must be bankrupt so!Be Yorke the next, that must be bankrupt so,
Richard IIR2 II.i.257The King's grown bankrupt like a broken man.The Kings growne bankrupt like a broken man.
Richard IIR2 III.iv.105I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace.Ile set a Banke of Rew, sowre Herbe of Grace:
Richard IIR2 IV.i.266Since it is bankrupt of his majesty.Since it is Bankrupt of his Maiestie.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.523Unto the shore to ask those on the banksVnto the shore, to aske those on the Banks,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.57O, break, my heart! Poor bankrupt, break at once!O breake my heart, / Poore Banckrout breake at once,
The Taming of the ShrewTS V.ii.9My banquet is to close our stomachs upMy Banket is to close our stomakes vp
The TempestTem I.ii.390Some god o'th' island. Sitting on a bank,Some God o'th' Iland, sitting on a banke,
The TempestTem III.iii.19.3banquet; and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations;Banket; and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations,
The TempestTem IV.i.64Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,Thy bankes with pioned, and twilled brims
Timon of AthensTim III.vi.48The banquet is brought inThe Banket brought in.
Timon of AthensTim IV.i.8Do't in your parents' eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast;Doo't in your Parents eyes. Bankrupts, hold fast
Titus AndronicusTit V.ii.201To make this banquet, which I wish may proveTo make this Banket, which I wish might proue,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.328As banks of Libya – though, Apollo knows,As bankes of Lybia, though (Apollo knowes)
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.8Like a strange soul upon the Stygian banksLike a strange soule vpon the Stigian bankes
Twelfth NightTN I.i.6That breathes upon a bank of violets,That breathes vpon a banke of Violets;
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.iv.40make your wit bankrupt.make your wit bankrupt.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.186.1That banquet bids thee to.That Banket bids thee too.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.212And at the banks of Aulis meet us withAnd at the banckes of Anly meete us with
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.8We challenge too the bank of any nymph(We challenge too) the bancke of any Nymph
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.i.109The scattered to the banquet; you must guessThe scatterd to the Banket; you must guesse
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iii.99Than humble banks can go to law with watersThen humble banckes can goe to law with waters,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.22E'en he that led you to this banquet shallEv'n he that led you to this Banket, shall
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.130No, like a bank for Love to lie and play on,No, like a banke, for Loue to lye, and play on:

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.140 That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain. That they proue bãckrout in this poore rich gain.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.711 Like to a bankrupt beggar wails his case. Like to a banckrout begger wailes his cace:
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1119 Who, being stopped, the bounding banks o'erflows; Who being stopt, the boũding banks oreflowes,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1437 To Simois' reedy banks the red blood ran, To SIMOIS reedie bankes the red bloud ran,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1442 They join, and shoot their foam at Simois' banks. They ioine, & shoot their fome at SIMOIS bancks.
SonnetsSonn.56.11 Come daily to the banks, that when they see Come daily to the banckes, that when they see:
SonnetsSonn.67.9 Why should he live, now Nature bankrupt is, Why should he liue, now nature banckrout is,
Venus and AdonisVen.72 Perforce will force it overflow the bank. Perforce will force it ouerflow the banke.
Venus and AdonisVen.151 ‘ Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; Witnesse this Primrose banke whereon I lie,
Venus and AdonisVen.466 But blessed bankrupt that by love so thriveth! But blessed bankrout that by loue so thriueth.

Glossary

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bancrout, bankrout, bankeroutbankrupt
bankcoast, shore
bankriver bank
bankant-hill
bank[unclear meaning] put in a bank, win; pass by [as in a boat]
banketrefreshments, light meal, dessert
bankrout, bankeroutbankrupt
banquet, banketappetizer, first course, hors d'oeuvres
banquet, banketrefreshments, light meal, dessert
breakgo bankrupt, become insolvent
breakingbankruptcy, insolvency
brokenbankrupt, ruined, insolvent
continentbank, embankment, course
flatshoal, sandbank
limitbank, edge, boundary
mountebankitinerant quack, travelling drug-seller, charlatan
mountebankwin over by plausible trickery
rivagecoast, shore, bank
sea-bankseashore
shelfsandbank, shoal
shelvygently shelving, sloping; or: made of sandbanks
shorebank, edge
trade-fallenout-of-work, unemployed, bankrupt
undoruin, impoverish, bankrupt
wharfriver bank

Thesaurus

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bankcontinent
bankshore
bankrivage
banklimit
bank, put in abank
bankruptbancrout, bankrout, bankerout
bankruptbroken
bankrupttrade-fallen
bankruptundo
bankrupt, gobreak
bankruptcybreaking
embankmentcontinent
river bankbank
river bankwharf
sandbankshelf
sandbankflat
sandbanks, made ofshelvy

Themes and Topics

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Plants...rosa moschata wild rambling rose ‘a bank / quite overcanopied with luscious ...
... ii i 250 primulaceae primula ‘a bank / where oxlips and the nodding viol...
...onicera periclymenum honeysuckle ‘a bank / quite overcanopied with luscious ...
... labiatae thymus aromatic herb ‘a bank where the wild thyme blows’ ‘sweet thy...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BANKBASICbank n, bank v
BANKPLACEsea-bank n
BANKRUPTBASICbankrout n, bankrupt adj, bankrupt n
MOUNTEBANKBASICmountebank n
SEAPLACEsea-bank n

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