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Search phrase: cancel

Plays

 12 result(s). alternate result(s)
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CymbelineCym V.iv.28And cancel these cold bonds. O Innogen,And cancell these cold Bonds. Oh Imogen,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.157If not, the end of life cancels all bonds,If not, the end of Life cancells all Bands,
Henry VI Part 22H6 I.i.97Fatal this marriage, cancelling your fame,Fatall this Marriage, cancelling your Fame,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.79His statutes cancelled, and his treasure spent;His Statutes cancell'd, and his Treasure spent:
Julius CaesarJC I.iii.102The power to cancel his captivity.The power to cancell his Captiuitie.
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.339Or break thy oath or cancel all the bondsOr breake thy oth or cancell all the bondes,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.426And cancel every canon that prescribesAnd cancell euery cannon that prescribes,
MacbethMac III.ii.49Cancel and tear to pieces that great bondCancell and teare to pieces that great Bond,
PericlesPer I.i.114We might proceed to cancel of your days,We might proceed to counsell of your dayes;
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.77Cancel his bond of life, dear God, I pray,Cancell his bond of life, deere God I pray,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.98My concealed lady to our cancelled love?My conceal'd Lady to our conceal'd Loue?
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.iv.144Cancel all grudge, repeal thee home again,Cancell all grudge, repeale thee home againe,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.26 An expired date cancelled ere well begun! An expir'd date canceld ere well begunne.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.934 Cancelled my fortunes and enchained me Canceld my fortunes, and inchained me
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1729 Life's lasting date from cancelled destiny. Liues lasting date, from cancel'd destinie.
SonnetsSonn.30.7 And weep afresh love's long-since cancelled woe, And weepe a fresh loues long since canceld woe,

Glossary

 10 result(s).
buymake up for, cancel out
buyget rid of, cancel by making a payment
cancel[unclear word-class] put an end to, wipe out
cancelend, terminate
cancelledmade null and void, invalidated
cross[of a debt] cancel by crossing through, strike out
disannulannul, abolish, cancel
looserevoke, cancel
strikecancel [as by a pen-stroke], erase, remove
uncrosseduncancelled, undeleted, not obliterated

Thesaurus

 8 result(s).
canceldisannul
cancelloose
cancelstrike
cancel by crossing through [of a debt]cross
cancel by making a paymentbuy
cancel outbuy
payment, cancel by makingbuy
uncancelleduncrossed

Themes and Topics

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Negatives...prisonment’ (r3 i iii 89) there is no ‘cancelling out’ of meanings here nor in any o...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CANCELBASICcancel v, cancelled adj

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