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Search phrase: hover

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
HamletHam III.iv.104Save me and hover o'er me with your wings,Saue me; and houer o're me with your wings
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.29Do croak and hover o'er our soldiers' heads,Do croke and houer ore our souldiers heads
King Edward IIIE3 IV.v.51Hover about, and, if they cry to us,Houer about, and if they crie to vs,
King JohnKJ III.ii.2Some airy devil hovers in the skySome ayery Deuill houers in the skie,
MacbethMac I.i.10Hover through the fog and filthy air.Houer through the fogge and filthie ayre.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.13Hover about me with your airy wingsHouer about me with your ayery wings,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.15Hover about her. Say that right for rightHouer about her, say that right for right
Titus AndronicusTit I.i.91To hover on the dreadful shore of Styx?To houer on the dreadfull shore of Stix?
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.302Or else a hovering temporizer, thatOr else a houering Temporizer, that

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.319 Which like a cherubin above them hovered, Which like a Cherubin aboue them houerd,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1297 First hovering o'er the paper with her quill; First houering ore the paper with her quill:

Glossary

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dependhave consequences for, menace, hover over
hoveringwavering, hesitating, uncertain

Thesaurus

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hover overdepend

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
HOVERBASIChover v, hovering adj

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