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Search phrase: convent

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor II.ii.52.2We are conventedWe are conuented
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.166Myself had notice of your conventicles – My selfe had notice of your Conuenticles,
Henry VIIIH8 V.i.52He be convented. He's a rank weed, Sir Thomas,He be conuented. He's a ranke weed Sir Thomas,
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.63Since green our thoughts, green be the conventicleSince greene our thoughts, greene be the conuenticle,
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.158Whensoever he's convented. First, for this woman,Whensoeuer he's conuented: First for this woman,
Twelfth NightTN V.i.379When that is known, and golden time convents,When that is knowne, and golden time conuents
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iv.31Convent in their behoof; our richest balms,Convent in their behoofe, our richest balmes
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.v.9We convent naught else but woes,We convent nought else but woes.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.v.10We convent naught else but woes.We convent, &c.

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Glossary

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conventbring together, assemble, convene
conventsummon, call to appear, send for
conventiclemeeting-place
conventiclesecret meeting, clandestine gathering
courtesy, cur'sy, curtsyusage, custom, convention
coventconvent, community
fashionconventional behaviour, conformity, customary use
formalstock, regular, conventionally portrayed
untradedunconventional, unaccustomed, unfamiliar

Thesaurus

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behaviour, conventionalfashion
conventcovent
conventioncourtesy, cur'sy, curtsy
conventional behaviourfashion
conventionally portrayedformal
portrayed, conventionallyformal
unconventionaluntraded

Themes and Topics

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Money...ring] a trifle some eightpenny matter conventional expression for a trivial amount ...
Past tenses...this book therefore uses -en forms as a conventional way of referring to the class as a...
Roman history...ng as a candidate for political office conventionally dressed in a white toga cen...
Sounds...pose similar issues of comprehension to conventional words authors always have a probl...
Stage directions...re in shakespeare’s words the general convention is to relate stage directions to the...
Abbreviations... entry conventions within definitions the preposit...
... within definitions the preposition convention where the modern use of a word requ...
... rather than inevitable result to this convention is also used in cases where the sele...
...eason within contexts the ‘alone’ convention in specifying the context of a quot...
.../ i here abjure  the ‘himself/herself’ convention in specifying the context of a quota...
...n within quotations capitalization convention in quotations we retain the capital...
...ks and exclamation marks) omitted text conventions ellipsis dots ( ) show that text ...
... quotations the additional reference convention when a series of additional referen...
...iv 713 v ii 3 and v ii 114 the f/q convention reference to a word in the first fol...
...ations the ‘first/second instance’ convention when two uses of the same headword...
...uotation these are identifed using the convention ‘first instance’ ‘second instanc...
...can be found at sense 3 the ‘pun’ convention when a word motivates a pun in a la...
...in the sense of ‘head’] the ‘also’ convention when a quotation is followed by als...
... noted for this quotation the ‘or’ convention when a quotation is followed by or ...
...s preferred by some editors the ‘i e ’ convention when a quotation is followed by i e ...
...peace] abbreviations symbols and conventions symbols and abbreviations a...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CONVENTBASICconvent v, conventicle n, covent n
COVENTBASICsee CONVENT

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