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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW I.iii.128	Where love's strong passion is impressed in youth:	Where loues strong passion is imprest in youth,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW I.iii.142	You ne'er oppressed me with a mother's groan,	You nere opprest me with a mothers groane,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW I.iii.143	Yet I express to you a mother's care.	Yet I expresse to you a mothers care,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.i.52	cold an adieu. Be more expressive to them, for they	cold an adieu: be more expressiue to them; for they
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.47	Where, the impression of mine eye infixing,	Where the impression of mine eye enfixing,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.50	Scorned a fair colour or expressed it stolen,	Scorn'd a faire colour, or exprest it stolne,
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.329	Resolvedly more leisure shall express.	Resoluedly more leasure shall expresse:
All's Well That Ends Well	AW V.iii.334	That you express content; which we will pay	That you expresse Content: which we will pay,
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.vii.36	Engrossed by swift impress. In Caesar's fleet	Ingrost by swift Impresse. In Casars Fleete,
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.xi.33	Madam, O, good empress!	Madam, oh good Empresse.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.xiii.106	Have I my pillow left unpressed in Rome,	Haue I my pillow left vnprest in Rome,
Antony and Cleopatra	AC IV.vii.2	Caesar himself has work, and our oppression	Casar himselfe ha's worke, and our oppression
Antony and Cleopatra	AC IV.xv.71.1	Royal Egypt! Empress!	Royall Egypt: Empresse.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC V.ii.71	Most noble empress, you have heard of me?	Most Noble Empresse, you haue heard of me.
As You Like It	AYL II.iv.71	Here's a young maid with travail much oppressed	Here's a yong maid with trauaile much oppressed,
As You Like It	AYL II.vii.133	Oppressed with two weak evils, age and hunger,	Opprest with two weake euils, age, and hunger,
As You Like It	AYL III.ii.10	The fair, the chaste, and unexpressive she.	The faire, the chaste, and vnexpressiue shee.
As You Like It	AYL III.ii.381	Neither rhyme nor reason can express how	Neither rime nor reason can expresse how
As You Like It	AYL III.v.23	The cicatrice and capable impressure	The Cicatrice and capable impressure
As You Like It	AYL V.iv.54	press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country copulatives,	presse in heere sir, amongst the rest of the Country copulatiues
The Comedy of Errors	CE IV.ii.64	Come, sister, I am pressed down with conceit –	Come sister, I am prest downe with conceit:
Coriolanus	Cor I.ii.9	They have pressed a power, but it is not known	They haue prest a Power, but it is not knowne
Coriolanus	Cor I.iii.1	I pray you, daughter, sing, or express yourself	I pray you daughter sing, or expresse your selfe
Coriolanus	Cor I.vi.74	Wave thus to express his disposition,	Waue thus to expresse his disposition,
Coriolanus	Cor I.x.30	I am attended at the cypress grove. I pray you –	I am attended at the Cyprus groue. I pray you
Coriolanus	Cor II.i.206	Do press among the popular throngs and puff	Doe presse among the popular Throngs, and puffe
Coriolanus	Cor II.ii.91	An o'erpressed Roman and i'th' Consul's view	An o're-prest Roman, and i'th' Consuls view
Coriolanus	Cor III.i.122	That ne'er did service for't. Being pressed to th' war,	They ne're did seruice for't; being prest to'th' Warre,
Coriolanus	Cor III.i.132	The Senate's courtesy? Let deeds express	The Senates Courtesie? Let deeds expresse
Coriolanus	Cor V.iii.51	Of thy deep duty more impression show	Of thy deepe duty, more impression shew
Coriolanus	Cor V.vi.55	Ere he express himself or move the people	Ere he expresse himselfe, or moue the people
Coriolanus	Cor V.vi.108	Who wears my stripes impressed upon him, that	Who weares my stripes imprest vpon him, that
Cymbeline	Cym I.iv.13	Could best express how slow his soul sailed on,	Could best expresse how slow his Soule sayl'd on,
Cymbeline	Cym II.ii.13	Did softly press the rushes, ere he wakened	Did softly presse the Rushes, ere he waken'd
Cymbeline	Cym II.iv.72	The press of boats, or pride. A piece of work	The presse of Boates, or Pride. A peece of Worke
Cymbeline	Cym II.iv.135	Worthy her pressing – lies a mole, right proud	(Worthy her pressing) lyes a Mole, right proud
Cymbeline	Cym V.iv.112	Express impatience, lest you stir up mine.	Expresse Impatience, least you stirre vp mine:
Hamlet	Ham I.i.75	Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task	Why such impresse of Ship-wrights, whose sore Taske
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.30	Of this his nephew's purpose – to suppress	Of this his Nephewes purpose, to suppresse
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.203	By their oppressed and fear-surprised eyes	By their opprest and feare-surprized eyes,
Hamlet	Ham I.iii.71	But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;	But not exprest in fancie; rich, not gawdie:
Hamlet	Ham I.v.100	All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past	All sawes of Bookes, all formes, all presures past,
Hamlet	Ham I.v.185	May do t' express his love and friending to you,	May doe t' expresse his loue and friending to you,
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.61	Upon our first, he sent out to suppress	Vpon our first, he sent out to suppresse
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.305	and moving how express and admirable, in action how	and mouing how expresse and admirable? in Action, how
Hamlet	Ham II.ii.575	To make oppression bitter, or ere this	To make Oppression bitter, or ere this,
Hamlet	Ham III.i.71	Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,	The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely,
Hamlet	Ham III.ii.24	time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come	Time, his forme and pressure. Now, this ouer-done, or come
Hamlet	Ham IV.iv.6	We shall express our duty in his eye.	We shall expresse our dutie in his eye,
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.52	Subscribed it, gave't th' impression, placed it safely,	Subscrib'd it, gau't th' impression, plac't it safely,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 I.i.21	We are impressed and engaged to fight –	We are impressed and ingag'd to fight,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 II.iv.238	sanguine coward, this bed-presser, this horse-back-breaker,	sanguine Coward, this Bed-presser, this Hors-back-breaker,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.ii.12	soused gurnet. I have misused the King's press damnably.	sowc't-Gurnet: I haue mis-vs'd the Kings Presse damnably.
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.ii.14	soldiers three hundred and odd pounds. I press me	Souldiers, three hundred and odde Pounds. I presse me
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.ii.20	duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter,	Ducke. I prest me none but such Tostes and Butter,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.ii.36	all the gibbets and pressed the dead bodies. No eye hath	all the Gibbets, and prest the dead bodyes. No eye hath
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 V.i.61	Useth the sparrow – did oppress our nest,	Vseth the Sparrow, did oppresse our Nest
Henry V	H5 II.ii.80	By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.	By your owne counsaile is supprest and kill'd:
Henry V	H5 II.ii.172	His subjects to oppression and contempt,	His Subiects to oppression, and contempt,
Henry V	H5 II.iv.112	To whom expressly I bring greeting too.	To whom expressely I bring greeting to.
Henry V	H5 III.vi.105	off: and we give express charge, that in our marches	off: and we giue expresse charge, that in our Marches
Henry V	H5 IV.vii.1	Kill the poys and the luggage? 'Tis expressly	Kill the poyes and the luggage, 'Tis expressely
Henry V	H5 V.chorus.30	Were now the General of our gracious Empress –	Were now the Generall of our gracious Empresse,
Henry V	H5 V.ii.233	thoughts of your heart with the looks of an empress,	Thoughts of your Heart with the Lookes of an Empresse,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.iii.20	From him I have express commandment	From him I haue expresse commandement,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.iii.68	To crown himself king and suppress the Prince.	To Crowne himselfe King, and suppresse the Prince.
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 I.iv.64	Let me have your express opinions	Let me haue your expresse opinions,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 II.v.92	In whom the title rested, were suppressed.	In whom the Title rested, were supprest.
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 IV.i.58	Of such as your oppression feeds upon,	Of such as your oppression feedes vpon,
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 IV.i.182	Well didst thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;	Well didst thou Richard to suppresse thy voice:
Henry VI Part 1	1H6 V.iii.155	Free from oppression or the stroke of war,	Free from oppression, or the stroke of Warre,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.i.18	I can express no kinder sign of love	I can expresse no kinder signe of Loue
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.i.198	In what we can to bridle and suppress	In what we can, to bridle and suppresse
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 I.iii.76	More like an empress than Duke Humphrey's wife.	More like an Empresse, then Duke Humphreyes Wife:
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.ii.323	Their sweetest shade, a grove of cypress trees!	Their sweetest shade, a groue of Cypresse Trees:
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 V.ii.25	As I in justice and true right express it.	As I in iustice, and true right expresse it.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.v.64	From London by the King was I pressed forth;	From London, by the King was I prest forth,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 II.v.66	Came on the part of York, pressed by his master;	Came on the part of Yorke, prest by his Master:
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.i.19	No humble suitors press to speak for right,	No humble suters prease to speake for right:
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.ii.162	That carries no impression like the dam.	That carryes no impression like the Damme.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.iii.77	Yet heavens are just, and time suppresseth wrongs.	Yet Heau'ns are iust, and Time suppresseth Wrongs.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.iii.6	Till Warwick or himself be quite suppressed.	Till Warwicke, or himselfe, be quite supprest.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.viii.45	Nor much oppressed them with great subsidies,	Nor much opprest them with great Subsidies,
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.186	And pressed in with this caution. First, methought	And prest in with this Caution. First, me thought
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.208	How under my oppression I did reek	How vnder my oppression I did reeke
Henry VIII	H8 III.ii.235	Bearing the King's will from his mouth expressly?	Bearing the Kings will from his mouth expressely?
Henry VIII	H8 III.ii.333	Press not a falling man too far! 'Tis virtue.	Presse not a falling man too farre: 'tis Vertue:
Henry VIII	H8 IV.i.78	In the old time of war, would shake the press,	In the old time of Warre, would shake the prease
Henry VIII	H8 V.iv.83	Go break among the press, and find a way out	Go breake among the preasse, and finde away out
Julius Caesar	JC I.ii.15	Who is it in the press that calls on me?	Who is it in the presse, that calles on me?
Julius Caesar	JC II.i.134	Nor th' insuppressive mettle of our spirits,	Nor th'insuppressiue Mettle of our Spirits,
Julius Caesar	JC II.ii.88	Reviving blood, and that great men shall press	Reuiuing blood, and that great men shall presse
Julius Caesar	JC II.iv.15	What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him.	What Casar doth, what Sutors presse to him.
Julius Caesar	JC III.i.29	He is addressed. Press near and second him.	He is addrest: presse neere, and second him.
Julius Caesar	JC III.ii.168	Nay, press not so upon me; stand far off.	Nay presse not so vpon me, stand farre off.
King Edward III	E3 III.iv.10	More in the clustering throng are pressed to death	More in the clustering throng are prest to death,
King Edward III	E3 V.i.190	Be this a token to express my joy,	Be this a token to expresse my ioy,
King John	KJ II.i.177	Of this oppressed boy. This is thy eldest son's son,	Of this oppressed boy; this is thy eldest sonnes sonne,
King John	KJ II.i.245	In the relief of this oppressed child	In the releefe of this oppressed childe,
King John	KJ III.i.13	Oppressed with wrongs, and therefore full of fears,	Opprest with wrongs, and therefore full of feares,
King John	KJ III.i.88	This day of shame, oppression, perjury.	This day of shame, oppression, periury.
King John	KJ III.i.106	And our oppression hath made up this league.	And our oppression hath made vp this league:
King John	KJ IV.ii.142	The sums I have collected shall express.	The summes I haue collected shall expresse:
King John	KJ IV.ii.234	As bid me tell my tale in express words,	As bid me tell my tale in expresse words:
King John	KJ V.vii.19	Which, in their throng and press to that last hold,	Which in their throng, and presse to that last hold,
King Lear	KL I.i.36	Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.	Meane time we shal expresse our darker purpose.
King Lear	KL I.ii.49	to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged	to finde an idleand fond bondage, in the oppression of aged
King Lear	KL II.iv.103	When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind	When Nature being opprest, commands the mind
King Lear	KL III.vi.95.2	Oppressed nature sleeps.
King Lear	KL IV.iii.17	Who should express her goodliest. You have seen
King Lear	KL IV.iii.26	Pantingly forth, as if it pressed her heart,
King Lear	KL IV.vi.87	press-money. – That fellow handles his bow like a	Presse-money. That fellow handles his bow, like a
King Lear	KL V.iii.5	For thee, oppressed King, I am cast down;	For thee oppressed King I am cast downe,
King Lear	KL V.iii.51	And turn our impressed lances in our eyes	And turne our imprest Launces in our eies
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.62	When I to feast expressly am forbid;	When I to fast expressely am forbid.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.228	commend the black oppressing humour to the most wholesome	commend the blacke oppressing humour to the most wholesome
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL II.i.222	His heart, like an agate with your print impressed.	His hart like an Agot with your print impressed,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL II.i.223	Proud with his form, in his eye pride expressed.	Proud with his forme, in his eie pride expressed.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.iii.54	(reading) O sweet Maria, empress of my love! –	O sweet Maria, Empresse of my Loue,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.iii.120	That shall express my true love's fasting pain.	That shall expresse my true-loues fasting paine.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.412	Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressed	Henceforth my woing minde shall be exprest
Macbeth	Mac II.i.39	Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?	Proceeding from the heat-oppressed Braine?
Macbeth	Mac IV.i.94	Who can impress the forest, bid the tree	Who can impresse the Forrest, bid the Tree
Macbeth	Mac V.vi.49	With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed.	With thy keene Sword impresse, as make me bleed:
Measure for Measure	MM I.iv.44	Expresseth his full tilth and husbandry.	Expresseth his full Tilth, and husbandry.
Measure for Measure	MM II.iv.101	Th' impression of keen whips I'd wear as rubies,	Th' impression of keene whips, I'ld weare as Rubies,
Measure for Measure	MM II.iv.136	If you be one, as you are well expressed	If you be one (as you are well exprest
Measure for Measure	MM II.iv.148	My words express my purpose.	My words expresse my purpose.
Measure for Measure	MM IV.ii.162	and an express command, under penalty, to deliver his	and an expresse command, vnder penaltie, to deliuer his
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.519	Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death,	Marrying a punke my Lord, is pressing to death,
The Merchant of Venice	MV I.iii.145	Expressed in the condition, let the forfeit	Exprest in the condition, let the forfeite
The Merchant of Venice	MV III.ii.183	Expressed and not expressed. But when this ring	Exprest, and not exprest: but when this ring
The Merchant of Venice	MV III.v.68	Past all expressing. It is very meet	Past all expressing, it is very meete
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.29	Enow to press a royal merchant down	Enow to presse a royall Merchant downe;
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.257	It is not so expressed, but what of that?	It is not so exprest: but what of that?
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.304	The words expressly are ‘a pound of flesh'.	The words expresly are a pound of flesh:
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.422	You press me far, and therefore I will yield.	You presse mee farre, and therefore I will yeeld,
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.i.73	puts into the press, when he would put us two. I had	puts into the presse, when he would put vs two: I had
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.ii.152	I make bold to press with so little preparation upon	I make bold, to presse, with so little preparation vpon
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW III.iii.199	chambers, and in the coffers, and in the presses, heaven	chambers, and in the coffers, and in the presses: heauen
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW IV.ii.57	press, coffer, chest, trunk, well, vault, but he hath an	Presse, Coffer, Chest, Trunke, Well, Vault, but he hath an
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW V.v.67	Th' expressure that it bears, green let it be,	Th' expressure that it beares: Greene let it be,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND I.i.32	And stolen the impression of her fantasy.	And stolne the impression of her fantasie,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND II.ii.71	With half that wish the wisher's eyes be pressed.	With halfe that wish, the wishers eyes be prest.
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.i.150	And sing while thou on pressed flowers dost sleep;	And sing, while thou on pressed flowers dost sleepe:
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.ii.184	Why should he stay whom love doth press to go?	Why should hee stay whom Loue doth presse (to go?
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.ii.185	What love could press Lysander from my side?	What loue could presse Lysander from my side?
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.i.76	Out of myself, press me to death with wit!	Out of my selfe, presse me to death with wit,
Othello	Oth I.i.144	Belief of it oppresses me already.	Beleefe of it oppresses me alreadie.
Othello	Oth III.iv.173	I have this while with leaden thoughts been pressed:	I haue this while with leaden thoughts beene prest,
Othello	Oth IV.iii.28	An old thing 'twas; but it expressed her fortune,	An old thing 'twas: but it express'd her Fortune,
Pericles	Per I.i.103	By man's oppression, and the poor worm doth die for't.	By mans oppression, and the poore Worme doth die for't:
Pericles	Per II.ii.8	It pleaseth you, my royal father, to express	It pleaseth you (my royall Father) to expresse
Pericles	Per Chorus.III.29	The mutiny he there hastes t' oppress;	The mutanie, hee there hastes t'oppresse,
Pericles	Per III.ii.82	The o'erpressed spirits. I have read	the ore-prest spirits : I heard
Pericles	Per IV.iii.44	In glittering golden characters express	in glittring gold? characters expres
Richard II	R2 I.iv.14	To counterfeit oppression of such grief	To counterfeit oppression of such greefe,
Richard II	R2 III.i.25	Razed out my imprese, leaving me no sign	Raz'd out my Impresse, leauing me no signe,
Richard II	R2 III.ii.58	For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed	For euery man that Bullingbrooke hath prest,
Richard II	R2 III.ii.180	To fear the foe, since fear oppresseth strength,	To feare the Foe, since feare oppresseth strength,
Richard II	R2 III.iv.31	Stoop with oppression of their prodigal weight.	Stoupe with oppression of their prodigall weight:
Richard II	R2 III.iv.68	Depressed he is already, and deposed	Deprest he is already, and depos'd
Richard II	R2 III.iv.72	O, I am pressed to death through want of speaking!	Oh I am prest to death through want of speaking:
Richard III	R3 I.iv.63	Such terrible impression made my dream.	Such terrible Impression made my Dreame.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.i.184.2	At thy good heart's oppression.	At thy good hearts oppression.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.i.187	Which thou wilt propagate, to have it pressed	Which thou wilt propagate to haue it preast
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.iv.24	Too great oppression for a tender thing.	Too great oppression for a tender thing.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.iv.93	That presses them and learns them first to bear,	That presses them, and learnes them first to beare,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ III.i.86	Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath	Tibalt, Mercutio, the Prince expresly hath
Romeo and Juliet	RJ III.ii.60	And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!	And thou and Romeo presse on heauie beere.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ III.ii.110	But O, it presses to my memory	But oh, it presses to my memory,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ IV.v.126	And doleful dumps the mind oppress,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ V.i.70	Need and oppression starveth in thy eyes.	Need and opression starueth in thy eyes,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ V.iii.215	To press before thy father to a grave?	To presse before thy Father to a graue?
The Taming of the Shrew	TS induction.2.120	For your physicians have expressly charged,	For your Physitians haue expressely charg'd,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS II.i.77	sure of it. To express the like kindness, myself, that have	sure of it, to expresse / The like kindnesse my selfe, that haue
The Taming of the Shrew	TS II.i.344	In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,	In Cypres chests my arras counterpoints,
The Taming of the Shrew	TS IV.i.157	And I expressly am forbid to touch it,	And I expressely am forbid to touch it:
The Tempest	Tem III.iii.16	For, now they are oppressed with travel, they	For now they are oppress'd with trauaile, they
The Tempest	Tem III.iii.38	Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing,	Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound expressing
Timon of Athens	Tim I.i.79	To climb his happiness, would be well expressed	To climbe his happinesse, would be well exprest
Timon of Athens	Tim I.ii.84	might express some part of our zeals, we should think	might expresse some part of our zeales, we should thinke
Timon of Athens	Tim II.ii.37	Am sent expressly to your lordship.	Am sent expressely to your Lordship.
Timon of Athens	Tim II.ii.163	When all our offices have been oppressed	When all our Offices haue beene opprest
Timon of Athens	Tim IV.iii.506	For by oppressing and betraying me	For, by oppressing and betraying mee,
Timon of Athens	Tim V.iv.68	With wax I brought away, whose soft impression	With wax I brought away: whose soft Impression
Timon of Athens	Tim V.iv.74	These well express in thee thy latter spirits.	These well expresse in thee thy latter spirits:
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.243	Lavinia will I make my empress,	Lauinia will I make my Empresse,
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.323	And will create thee Empress of Rome.	And will Create thee Empresse of Rome.
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.425	That hath expressed himself in all his deeds	That hath expre'st himselfe in all his deeds,
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.462	Rise, Titus, rise; my Empress hath prevailed.	Rise Titus, rise, / My Empresse hath preuail'd.
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.20	To wait upon this new-made Empress.	To waite vpon this new made Empresse.
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.69	Young lords, beware; and should the Empress know	Young Lords beware, and should the Empresse know,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.i.120	Come, come; our Empress with her sacred wit	Come, come, our Empresse with her sacred wit
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.9	That have their alms out of the Empress' chest.	That haue their Almes out of the Empresse Chest.
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.40	Hark, Tamora, the empress of my soul,	Harke Tamora, the Empresse of my Soule,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.52	No more, great Empress; Bassianus comes.	No more great Empresse, Bassianus comes,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.55	Who have we here? Rome's royal Empress,	Whom haue we heere? / Romes Royall Empresse,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.66	Under your patience, gentle Empress,	Vnder your patience gentle Empresse,
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iv.1.1	Enter the Empress' sons, Chiron and Demetrius, with	Enter the Empresse Sonnes, with
Titus Andronicus	Tit III.i.296	And make proud Saturnine and his empress	And make proud Saturnine and his Empresse
Titus Andronicus	Tit III.ii.67	Like to the Empress' Moor. Therefore I killed him.	Like to the Empresse Moore, therefore I kild him.
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.i.114	Shall carry from me to the Empress' sons	Shall carry from me to the Empresse sonnes,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.29	But were our witty Empress well afoot,	But were our witty Empresse well afoot,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.60	Our Empress' shame, and stately Rome's disgrace:	Our Empresse shame, and stately Romes disgrace,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.69	The Empress sends it thee, thy stamp, thy seal,	The Empresse sends it thee, thy stampe, thy seale,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.103	(To Nurse) Tell the Empress from me I am of age	Tell the Empresse from me, I am of age
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.127	Aaron, what shall I say unto the Empress?	Aaron what shall I say vnto the Empresse?
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.141	And no one else but the delivered Empress.	And none else but the deliuered Empresse.
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.142	The Empress, the midwife, and yourself.	The Empresse, the Midwife, and yourselfe,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.144	Go to the Empress, tell her this I said:	Goe to the Empresse, tell her this I said,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.ii.173	And secretly to greet the Empress' friends.	And secretly to greete the Empresse friends:
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.iii.73	And who should find them but the Empress' villain!	And who should finde them but the Empresse villaine:
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.iii.90	forbid I should be so bold to press to heaven in my	forbid I should be so bold, to presse to heauen in my
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.iv.1.1	Enter Emperor and Empress and her two sons, Chiron	Enter Emperour and Empresse, and her two sonnes,
Titus Andronicus	Tit IV.iv.41	Empress I am, but yonder sits the Emperor.	Empresse I am, but yonder sits the Emperour.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.35	Who, when he knows thou art the Empress' babe,	Who when he knowes thou art the Empresse babe,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.42	This is the pearl that pleased your Empress' eye,	This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.54	And bear it from me to the Empress.	And beare it from me to the Empresse:
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.87	First know thou, I begot him on the Empress.	First know thou, / I begot him on the Empresse.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.i.118	And when I told the Empress of this sport,	And when I told the Empresse of this sport,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.26	For our proud Empress, mighty Tamora.	For our proud Empresse, Mighty Tamora:
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.64	Good Lord, how like the Empress' sons they are,	Good Lord how like the Empresse Sons they are,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.65	And you the Empress. But we worldly men	And you the Empresse: But we worldly men,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.84	How like the Empress and her sons you are!	How like the Empresse and her Sonnes you are.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.87	For well I wot the Empress never wags	For well I wote the Empresse neuer wags;
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.116	I will bring in the Empress and her sons,	I will bring in the Empresse and her Sonnes,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.127	Tell him the Emperor and the Empress too	Tell him the Emperour, and the Empresse too,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.153	The Empress' sons, I take them: Chiron, Demetrius.	The Empresse Sonnes / I take them, Chiron, Demetrius.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.ii.161	Villains, forbear! We are the Empress' sons.	Villaines forbeare, we are the Empresse Sonnes.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.7	Till he be brought unto the Empress' face	Till he be brought vnto the Emperous face,
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.17.1	Sound trumpets. Enter Emperor and Empress with	Sound Trumpets.. Enter Emperour and Empresse, with
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.32	To entertain your highness and your Empress.	To entertaine your Highnesse, and your Empresse.
Titus Andronicus	Tit V.iii.63.1	He stabs the Empress	He stabs the Empresse.
Troilus and Cressida	TC I.iii.162	The large Achilles, on his pressed bed lolling,	The large Achilles (on his prest-bed lolling)
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.i.97	the voluntary, and you as under an impress.	the voluntary, and you as vnder an Impresse.
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.ii.207	your pretty encounters, press it to death: away! –	your prettie encounters, presse it to death: away.
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.114	Who in his circumstance expressly proves	Who in his circumstance, expresly proues
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.204	Than breath or pen can give expressure to.	Then breath or pen can giue expressure to:
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.v.131	Wherein my sword had not impressure made	Wherein my sword had not impressure made
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.v.241	Why dost thou so oppress me with thine eye?	Why doest thou so oppresse me with thine eye?
Troilus and Cressida	TC V.ii.165	With that which here his passion doth express?	With that which here his passion doth expresse?
Twelfth Night	TN II.i.13	the rather to express myself. You must know of me	the rather to expresse my selfe: you must know of mee
Twelfth Night	TN II.iii.150	his leg, the manner of his gait, the expressure of his eye,	his legge, the manner of his gate, the expressure of his eye,
Twelfth Night	TN II.iv.51	And in sad cypress let me be laid.	And in sad cypresse let me be laide.
Twelfth Night	TN II.v.92	impressure her Lucrece, with which she uses to seal.	impressure her Lucrece, with which she vses to seale:
Twelfth Night	TN III.i.118	Enough is shown; a cypress, not a bosom,	Enough is shewne, a Cipresse, not a bosome,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG II.iv.74	He is as worthy for an empress' love	He is as worthy for an Empresse loue,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG II.iv.200	Bears no impression of the thing it was.	Beares no impression of the thing it was.)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG III.i.20	A pack of sorrows which would press you down,	A pack of sorrowes, which would presse you downe
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG III.ii.6	This weak impress of love is as a figure	This weake impresse of Loue, is as a figure
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG V.iv.142	And think thee worthy of an empress' love.	And thinke thee worthy of an Empresse loue:
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.i.73	Whereto he'll infuse power, and press you forth	Whereto heel infuse powre, and presse you forth
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK I.i.109.1	Is pressed with deeper matter.	Is prest with deeper matter.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK II.i.138	Is our inheritance; no hard oppressor	Is our Inheritance: no hard Oppressour
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.vi.229	Stand for express will, all the world must perish.	Stand for expresse will, all the world must perish.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK V.i.22	Against another, arm oppressed by arm,	Against another: Arme opprest by Arme:
The Winter's Tale	WT I.ii.19.2	Press me not, beseech you, so.	Presse me not ('beseech you) so:
The Winter's Tale	WT II.ii.8	To the contrary I have express commandment.	To the contrary I haue expresse commandment.
The Winter's Tale	WT II.iii.39.1	That presses him from sleep.	That presses him from sleepe.
The Winter's Tale	WT III.ii.26	Being counted falsehood, shall, as I express it,	Being counted Falsehood, shall (as I expresse it)
The Winter's Tale	WT IV.iv.221	Cypress black as e'er was crow;	Cypresse blacke as ere was Crow,
The Winter's Tale	WT V.ii.25	cannot be able to express it.	cannot be able to expresse it.

Poems

28 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
A Lover's Complaint	LC.267	‘ When thou impressest, what are precepts worth	When thou impressest what are precepts worth
The Passionate Pilgrim	PP.18.22	Press never thou to choose a new:	Prease neuer thou to chuse a new:
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.91	Whose inward ill no outward harm expressed.	Whose inward ill no outward harme exprest.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.111	Her joy with heaved-up hand she doth express,	Her ioie with heaued-vp hand she doth expresse,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.425	Slacked, not suppressed; for standing by her side,	Slakt, not supprest, for standing by her side,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.905	The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds;	The Orphane pines while the oppressor feedes.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1242	The weak oppressed, the impression of strange kinds	The weake opprest, th'impression of strange kindes
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1286	For more it is than I can well express,	For more it is, then I can well expresse,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1301	Much like a press of people at a door	Much like a presse of people at a dore,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1397	Their face their manners most expressly told:	Their face, their manners most expreslie told,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1408	About him were a press of gaping faces	About him were a presse of gaping faces,
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1712	The face, that map which deep impression bears	The face, that map which deepe impression beares
Sonnets	Sonn.23.12	More than that tongue that more hath more expressed.	More then that tonge that more hath more exprest.
Sonnets	Sonn.28.3	When day's oppression is not eased by night,	When daies oppression is not eazd by night,
Sonnets	Sonn.28.4	But day by night and night by day oppressed?	But day by night and night by day oprest.
Sonnets	Sonn.45.8	Sinks down to death, oppressed with melancholy,	Sinkes downe to death, opprest with melancholie,
Sonnets	Sonn.105.8	One thing expressing, leaves out difference.	One thing expressing, leaues out difference.
Sonnets	Sonn.106.7	I see their antique pen would have expressed	I see their antique Pen would haue exprest,
Sonnets	Sonn.108.4	That may express my love, or thy dear merit?	That may expresse my loue, or thy deare merit?
Sonnets	Sonn.112.1	Your love and pity doth th' impression fill,	YOur loue and pittie doth th'impression fill,
Sonnets	Sonn.139.8	Is more than my o'erpressed defence can bide?	Is more then my ore-prest defence can bide?
Sonnets	Sonn.140.1	Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press	BE wise as thou art cruell, do not presse
Sonnets	Sonn.140.3	Lest sorrow lend me words and words express	Least sorrow lend me words and words expresse,
Sonnets	Sonn.147.12	At random from the truth vainly expressed;	At randon from the truth vainely exprest.
Venus and Adonis	Ven.430	I had my load before, now pressed with bearing:	I had my lode before, now prest with bearing,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.545	He with her plenty pressed, she faint with dearth	Ho with her plentie prest she faint with dearth,
Venus and Adonis	Ven.566	And yields at last to every light impression?	And yeelds at last to euerie light impression?
Venus and Adonis	Ven.1069	‘ My tongue cannot express my grief for one,	My tongue cannot expresse my griefe for one,

Glossary

260 result(s).

adoring	reverence, expression of respect [towards]
alas	expression of grief, pity, regret, disappointment, concern
amorous	expressing love
approbation	expression of approval, pleasurable confirmation, ready sanctioning
apt	impressionable, susceptible
articulate	speak about, spell out, express in words
aspect	[of a human face] look, appearance, expression
awe	repress through dread, constrain in fear
bed-presser	sluggard, lazy fellow
belief	opinion, awareness, impression
bite one's tongue	stay silent, repress speech
bondage	condition of being bound, constraint, oppression
brave	fine, excellent, splendid, impressive
breathing	words, utterance, expression
breech	[in expressions]
brief	[unclear meaning] rife, widespread; pressing, urgent
bring	express, utter, voice
bruise	squeeze, crush, put pressure on
burdened, burthened	burdensome, heavy, oppressive
burdenous	burdensome, onerous, oppressive
cake	compressed pack, flattened bundle
charactery	writing, letters, expression
charged	burdened, laden, oppressed
cheer	face, look, expression
choke	suppress, crush, put down
clogging	oppressive, encumbering, hampering
cloud	troubled expression, state of gloom
cold	gloomy, depressed, dispirited
come	speak, talk, express oneself
come	[expressing impatience, incredulity, exasperation] come on, come off it
comptible	sensitive, thin-skinned, impressionable
con	express, offer, give
conception	thinking, impression, suspicion
condole	lament, grieve, express great sorrow
condole	grieve with, express sympathy with
condolement	[unclear meaning] share-out, tangible expression of thanks
constringe	compress, squeeze, draw together
couched	phrased, expressed, put into words
countenance	expression, look, face
courtesy, cur'sy, curtsy	salutation, first greeting, expression of courtesy
cut	[in expressions]
cypress	type of lightweight fabric, gauze cloth, crape material [when black, used in mourning]
dare	[in expressions]
deal	express oneself, speak
deliver	express one's mind, disburden in speech
deplore	tell with grief, express with lamentation
depress	bring low, humble, put down
desolation	despondency, dejection, depression
dialogue	express as a dialogue, provide a conversation
dint	impression, force, mark
discontented	full of discontent, expressing frustration
downtrod	downtrodden, crushed, oppressed
downtrodden	oppressed, crushed by tyranny
duty	act of loyalty, expression of homage
emphasis	vigorous expression, forceful utterance
epithet	turn of phrase, expression
exactly	expressly, with great propriety
express	well-formed, well-designed, exact
express	show, reveal, display
express	fixed, final, irrevocable
express	explicit, specific, clear
express	considered, firm, precise
expressure	expression, picture, image
expressure	expression, attitude, look
faint	make faint, depress
fetter	restrain, overcome, suppress
fig	used in expressions of contempt
force	urge, press, enforce
form	imprinted shape, impressed image
form	physical expression, outward behaviour
foutre	[strong rude expression of contempt] fuck
freedom	[in expressions]
fret	distress oneself, worry, express discontent
go	go forward, press ahead
God	[used in discourse expressions]
good	[used in expressions of greeting and farewell] -den, -e'en, -even, -morrow
good as the best	expression of strong affirmation
good-year	[expression of impatience] what the deuce
happiness	felicity, aptness, appropriateness [of expression]
hard	pressing, persistent, unremitting
harp	guess, express in words, give voice to
have	[in expressions]
have	[to someone] expression initiating a mock-hostile exchange
head	[in expressions]
heavy	pressing, weighty, overpowering
heavy	brutal, oppressive, wicked
heigh	nonsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
heigh-ho	exclamatory sigh expressing weariness, disappointment
hey, hey-ho	nonsense word used in song, expressing joy, delight
home	[in expressions]
humour	sentiment, turn of phrase, manner of expression
humoured	expressing a particular disposition; lying, treacherous
important	urgent, pressing, demanding, importunate
importing	expressing significance, full of import
importunacy	importunity, urgent solicitation, pressing entreaty
importunate	persistent, pressing, insistent
importune	urge, press
impress	conscription, enforced service
impress	conscript, enlist, force into service
impress	impression, stamp, sense
impress	imprint, engrave, stamp [as by a seal]
impressed	conscripted, forced to enlist
impression	indentation, depth of presence
impression	shape, resemblance, appearance
impressure	imprint, impression, indentation, stamp
instant	urgent, pressing, imperative
insuppressive	insuppressible, irrepressible, indomitable
intimation	intrusion, expression, suggestion
invest	besiege, put pressure on [Q2 alternatve to 'invites' in Ham I.iii.83]
key	tone, voice, manner of expression
kindly	in accordance with human nature, expressing normal humanity
kneaded	compressed, compacted, moulded
large	grandiose, impressive sounding
leave	[in discourse expressions] permission
life	[in expressions]
like	be impressed [by], make a choice
livery	[in expressions]
loud	clamorous, loudly supported; or: pressing, urgent
love	expression of love, love-vow
make	advance to the front, move forward, press on
make	[in expressions]
make	[in expressions]
marry come up	expression of (real or playful) impatience
me	in expression of regret 'ay me'
mend	amend, save [in emphatic expressions]
method	exposition, thesis, expressed content
mince	suggest by walking pretentiously, give an affected impression of
misspeak	speak inaccurately, express badly
mocking	imitation, representation, impression
motion	expression, grimace; or: agitation, emotion
mouth	utterance, expression, voice
mow	derisive grimace, pout, mocking expression
much	expression of scornful disbelief, incredulity
music	[in expressions]
nail	[in expressions]
nameless	inexpressible, beyond words; or: too small to be worth describing
nip	press, enforce, compel
nouns	[in emphatic expressions] wounds
Od	[in emphatic expressions] shortened form of 'God'
one	[in expressions]
oppress	dominate, overwhelm, crush
oppress	crowd out, throng, overwhelm
oppress	trouble, distress, worry
oppressed	distressed, troubled, burdened
oppression	misfortune, distress, difficulty
oppression	weight, burden, pressure
out alas	expression of grief, pity, regret, disappointment, concern
outrage	passionate expression, emotional outcry
overpressed	overpowered, overwhelmed, overcome
passage	expression, turn of phrase
passed	recently uttered, just expressed
passionate	express with great emotion
persuasion	belief, impression, understanding
phrase	phrasing, language, manner of expression
piercing	oppressive, severe, distressing
pinch	take, squeeze, press
place	arrange, dispose, express
plaint	lamentation, expression of sorrow
pluck	[in expressions]
ply	keep on at, press, urge
post	express messenger, courier
post-horse	pony-express, express speed
pray	[in expressions]
present	pressing, urgent
press	urge, compel, spur
press	impress [as a stamp on a coin], imprint, mark
press	push forward, thrust, come / go boldly
press	levy, raise, conscript
press	commission to raise men
press	overburden, weigh down, oppress
press	clothes-press, cupboard, wardrobe
press	oppress, burden, weigh down
press	crowd, throng
press-money	money paid to recruits when conscripted
pressure	impression, stamp, image
print	imprint, image, stamped impression
proface	[polite expression used to someone about to eat or drink] may it do you good, for your benefit
proffer	express, utter, put into words
purport	meaning, expression, effect
push	strike, press hard, thrust
put	impress, urge
put	force, press, thrust
putting down	suppression, restraint, repression
quarter	[in expressions]
rebate	check, stop, suppress
rebuke	repress, put down, check
reverence	[in expressions]
ride	press, harass, pursue
rolling	flashing, expressive
save	preserve from damnation, bring salvation to [in emphatic expressions]
scorn	mock, jeer, express disdain [at]
sell	[in expressions]
set	carefully composed, deliberately expressed
setting	fixed look, settled expression
shrug	[shrug shoulders to] express disbelief
sold	[in expressions]
solemn	impressive, breathtaking, awe-inspiring
solidare	not a known coin; expressive of a paltry sum
sour	give a morose expression, make sullen
spend	expend, express, give vent to
stamp	press, impress, coin
stamp	impression, mark, imprint
stamp	coin, impression [of the monarch's head] made on a coin
stamp	make an impression of, mint, conceive
state	stately phrasing, high-flown expression
stealers	[in expressions]
strain	constrain, force, press
strain	urge, press, encourage
strict	tight, close, pressing
strong	severe, oppressive, grievous
stuffed	clogged, obstructed, oppressed
suppose	supposition, belief, impression
swayed	[of horses] strained, with a spinal depression
sympathize	capture, represent fittingly, express with feeling
tail	[in expressions]
take	make an impression
take	[in expressions]
tally	[in expressions]
tedious	[in expressions]
term	word, expression, utterance
termination	expression, utterance, sentence ending
thanking	word of thanks, expression of gratitude
though	[in expressions]
thumb	[in expressions]
tile	[in expressions]
tongue	[in expressions]
tongue	speech, expression, language, words, voice
touch	[in expressions]
translation	expression, rendering, communication
tread	press down on, thrust against
tread	trample on, crush, repress
try	[in expressions]
tyrannous	cruel, pitiless, oppressive
Ud	[in emphatic expressions] shortened form of ‘God’
unbosom	disclose, reveal, express from the heart
unexpressive	inexpressible, beyond words
unspeakable	indescribable, inexpressible, beyond description
urge	press, insist on, state emphatically
urge	solicit, force, press forward
urging	pressing on the attention, bringing forward
utter	[unclear meaning] commemorate, express, voice
vary	express in fresh words, verbalize anew
vent	utter, express, air, proclaim
vice	force, constrain, press hard
vizard-like	like a mask, expressionless
volley	utter, express, proclaim
vouch	formal statement, attestation, express declaration
water	[in expressions]
wax	[in expressions]
way	[in expressions]
well met	expression pf pleasure at meeting
what	[in expressions]
who	[in expressions]
wield	express, utter, speak
willow	[in song] expression of sadness and unrequited love
wind	[in expressions]
wring	rub, bruise, press
wring	wrack, rack, press down
wringing	squeezing, pressing, gripping
yield	express an opinion about, comment on

Thesaurus

226 result(s).

affected impression, give an	mince
affirmation, expression of strong	good as the best
ahead, press	go
approval, expression of	approbation
attention, pressing on the	urging
badly express	misspeak
clothes-press	press
compress	constringe
compressed	kneaded
compressed pack	cake
content, expressed	method
courtesy, expression of	courtesy, cur'sy, curtsy
declaration, express	vouch
deliberately expressed	set
depress	faint
depressed	cold
depression	desolation
dialogue, express as a	dialogue
disbelief, express	shrug
discontent, express	fret
disdain, express	scorn
displeasure [expression of]	hum
disposition, expressing a particular	humoured
dissatisfaction [expression of]	hum
dread, repress through	awe
emotion, express with great	passionate
entreaty, pressing	importunacy
exasperation [expression of]	come
express	bring
express	con
express	place
express	proffer
express	spend
express	utter
express	vent
express	volley
express	wield
express an opinion	yield
express as a dialogue	dialogue
express badly	misspeak
express discontent	fret
express disdain	scorn
express from the heart	unbosom
express great sorrow	condole
express in fresh words	vary
express in words	articulate
express in words	harp
express messenger	post
express one's mind	deliver
express oneself	come
express oneself	deal
express speed	post-horse
express sympathy with	condole
express with feeling	sympathize
express with great emotion	passionate
express with lamentation	deplore
expressed	couched
expressed content	method
expressed, deliberately	set
expressed, just	passed
expressing significance	importing
expression	aspect
expression	breathing
expression	charactery
expression	cheer
expression	countenance
expression	epithet
expression	expressure
expression	expressure
expression	intimation
expression	motion
expression	mouth
expression	passage
expression	purport
expression	term
expression	termination
expression	tongue
expression	translation
expression of approval	approbation
expression of gratitude	thanking
expression, give a morose	sour
expression, high-flown	state
expression, manner of	humour
expression, manner of	key
expression, manner of	phrase
expression, passionate	outrage
expression, physical	form
expression, settled	setting
expression, troubled	cloud
expression, vigorous	emphasis
expressionless	vizard-like
expressive	rolling
expressly	exactly
feeling, express with	sympathize
forward, press	urge
fresh words, express in	vary
frustration, expressing	discontented
gratitude, expression of	thanking
hard, press	push
heart, express from the	unbosom
heart, express from the	unbosom
high-flown expression	state
homage, expression of	duty
humanity, expressing normal	kindly
image, impressed	form
impatience [expression of]	come
impatience [expression of]	hum
impress	put
impress	stamp
impress [as a stamp on a coin]	press
impressed image	form
impressed, be	like
impression	belief
impression	conception
impression	dint
impression	impress
impression	impressure
impression	mocking
impression	persuasion
impression	pressure
impression	stamp
impression	suppose
impression made on a coin	stamp
impression, give an affected	mince
impression, make an	stamp
impression, make an	take
impression, stamped	print
impressionable	apt
impressionable	comptible
impressive	brave
impressive	solemn
impressive sounding	large
incredulity [expression of]	come
inexpressible	nameless
inexpressible	unexpressive
inexpressible	unspeakable
insuppressible	insuppressive
irrepressible	insuppressive
just expressed	passed
lamentation, express with	deplore
love, expressing	amorous
love, expression of	love
manner of expression	key
meeting, expression pf pleasure at	well met
messenger, express	post
mind, express one's	deliver
mocking expression	mow
morose expression, give a	sour
opinion, express an	yield
oppress	press
oppress	press
oppressed	charged
oppressed	downtrod
oppressed	downtrodden
oppressed	stuffed
oppression	bondage
oppressive	burdened, burthened
oppressive	burdenous
oppressive	clogging
oppressive	heavy
oppressive	piercing
oppressive	strong
oppressive	tyrannous
pack, compressed	cake
passionate expression	outrage
physical expression	form
pony-express	post-horse
press	force
press	importune
press	nip
press	pinch
press	ply
press	put
press	ride
press	stamp
press	strain
press	strain
press	urge
press	wring
press down	wring
press down on	tread
press forward	urge
press hard	push
press hard	vice
press on	make
pressing	brief
pressing	hard
pressing	heavy
pressing	important
pressing	importunate
pressing	instant
pressing	loud
pressing	present
pressing	strict
pressing	wringing
pressing entreaty	importunacy
pressing on the attention	urging
pressure	oppression
pressure, put on	bruise
pressure, put on	invest
repress	rebuke
repress	tread
repress speech	bite one's tongue
repress through dread	awe
repression	putting down
respect, expression of	adoring
sadness, expression of	willow
settled expression	setting
significance, expressing	importing
sorrow, express great	condole
sorrow, expression of	plaint
speech, repress	bite one's tongue
speed, express	post-horse
spinal depression, with a	swayed
stamped impression	print
suppress	choke
suppress	fetter
suppress	rebate
suppression	putting down
sympathy, express	condole
thanks, tangible expression of	condolement
troubled expression	cloud
vigorous expression	emphasis
words, express in	articulate
words, express in	harp
words, express in fresh	vary

Themes and Topics

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Address forms	...naming practice performs a variety of expressive functions shading from courtesy thr... ...t illustrates some of the distinctive expressions in shakespearean english when used...
Comparison	...ferences between the modern system of expressing comparison and the one available to ... ... the one available to shakespeare to express a higher degree present-day standard e... ...t interesting lower degree is always expressed periphrastically (less / least happy)... ...only one syllable long (a most pained expression never a paindest ex... ...ion never a paindest expression) adverbs also allow the ex... ...ion) adverbs also allow the expression of comparison sooner / soonest mor... ...r together producing a more emphatic expression double comparatives ex... ...sh allows it they include some words expressing absolute notions (such as chief) wh...
Discourse markers	...glish in this respect (though several expressions remain in use such as i trust wel... ...w illustrates some of the distinctive expressions shakespeare was well aware of t... ...orce of discourse markers and related expressions judging by the sequence in comedy ... ...y have your little joke an expression of unwillingness to continue with x’... ...of thee no more be off an expression of response uncertainty to x ...
Exclamations	... english has some distinctive ways of expressing attitudes in short exclamatory sente... ...s with modern english there are more expressing negative emotions (contempt disdain... ...iii&rsquo s use of ha (h8 iii ii 61) expressions of regret are grouped separately r... ...co for the phrase contempt often expressed in a gesture [using the thumb between... ... a fig for peter contempt often expressed in a gesture [as for &lsquo fico&rsqu... ...time heigh ho exclamatory sigh expressing weariness disappointment [distingui...
Farewells	...your way there is some overlap with expressions used in greeting greetings ...
Functional shift	...e adjectives used as verbs generally expressing the notion of ‘to make [adjective]’ ... ...version is to find more vivid ways of expressing everyday notions or of avoiding abs...
Greetings	... until the 19th century and although expressions with how are widespread they are g... ...iry about health or well-being or an expression of pleasure at meeting ... ... welcome to rome some of these expressions are also used in leave-taking fare...
How and how	...english then as now how was used to express manner (‘i know how to curse’ tem i ii... ... modern way among the differences of expression are some correlative constructions ...
Humours	...facet of behaviour such as manner of expression - most fully exploited in the charac... ... melancholy sad gloomy sullen depressed jaques (as described by rosalind) ...
Money	...tegories english foreign and terms expressive of tiny amounts the pre-1971 pound ... ... at best approximate the terms which express the idea of a tiny amount are given wit... ... some eightpenny matter conventional expression for a trivial amount forty penc... ...d from the solidus (roman gold coin) expressive of a paltry sum ...
Negatives	... feste attempting to impress orsino with some complex word-play obs... ...s used only in a few formal styles of expression they were largely successful it is...
Numbers	...st a few cases numbers and numerical expressions differ from those found in modern e...
Past tenses	...n english have one inflected form for expressing past time the past tense which is ... ...form is by no means restricted to the expression of past time in particular the sam... ...e present past and future times are expressed) the regular formation adds -ed but...
Politeness	...interpretation of everyday politeness expressions depends partly on context and actor... ...h6 ii iv 76) or the formulaic begging expression used by prisoners to passers-by ‘fo... ...iii 66 under your patience gentle empress please it ma i i 150 ple...
Regrets	...several distinctive forms are used to express the range of emotions which include reg...
Responses	...erson or rhetorically to oneself yes expressing such notions as affirmation assent ... ...ld also used as an introductory word expressive of doubt or reservation without any...
Swearing	...earing&rsquo we include any emphatic expressions in which the speaker makes an invoc... ...ncludes a wider range of intensifying expressions some of which are mild (such as ve... ...ce of a remarkable number of swearing expressions this is chiefly a reflection of th...
Thou and you	... in return but thou was also used to express special intimacy as when addressing go...
Withal and withal	...inal -ll) are chiefly used as adverbs expressing various kinds of additive meaning - ...
Classical mythology	...inst pythias&rsquo return dionysus impressed by their friendship pardoned pythias...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)	...o first soldier] i am attended at the cypress grove cym ii iii 36 [cymbeline to clot... ...ave (adj ) fine excellent splendid impressive ayl iii iv 36 [celia to rosalind o... ... lines 1h4 iv ii 17 [falstaff alone] i press such a commodity of warm slaves as ... ...e place (n ) 2--6 (v ) post (n ) express messenger courier 2h4 ii iv 351 [peto... ...ng a letter about the romans] they have pressed a power 1h6 ii ii 33 [burgundy to al...

Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
BED	PEOPLE	bed-presser n
CYPRESS	BASIC	cypress adj, cypress n
DEPRESS	BASIC	depress v
EMPIRE	PEOPLE	empress n
EMPRESS	BASIC	see EMPIRE
EXPRESS	BASIC	express adj, express v, expressing n, expressive adj, expressly adv, expressure n
EXPRESS	NOT	unexpressive adj
IMPRESS [enlist]	BASIC	see PRESS
IMPRESS [imprint]	BASIC	imprese n, impress n, impress v, impression n, impressure n
INSUPPRESSIVE	BASIC	see SUPPRESS
OPPRESS	BASIC	oppress v, oppressed adj, oppressing adj, oppression n
OPPRESS	HEAT	heat-oppressed adj
OPPRESS	PEOPLE	oppressor n
OVERPRESSED	BASIC	see PRESS
PRESS	BASIC	press n, press v, prest adj, pressed adj, pressing n, pressure n
PRESS	CONSCRIPTION	impress n, impress v, impressed adj
PRESS	IMAGE	impress n, impress v
PRESS	INTENSITY	o'erpressed adj
PRESS	PEOPLE	bed-presser n
PRESS	NOT	unpressed adj
SUPPRESS	BASIC	suppress v
SUPPRESS	NOT	insuppressive adj
UNEXPRESSIVE	BASIC	see EXPRESS
UNPRESSED	BASIC	see PRESS

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