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Search phrase: shifting

Plays

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A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.416I followed fast, but faster he did fly,I followed fast, but faster he did flye; shifting places.
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND III.ii.423Thou runnest before me, shifting every place,Thou runst before me, shifting euery place,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.459 Quick-shifting antics, ugly in her eyes. Quicke-shifting Antiques vglie in her eyes.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.930 O hear me then, injurious shifting Time; O heare me then, iniurious shifting time,
SonnetsSonn.20.4 With shifting change, as is false women's fashion; With shifting change as is false womens fashion,

Glossary

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differencechange, variation, shifting
haltingwavering, dilatory, shifting
shiftingcheating, deceitful, evasive
unsisting[unclear meaning] unassisting; or: unshifting
varyvariation, vacillation, shifting

Thesaurus

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shiftingvary
shiftingdifference
shiftinghalting
unshiftingunsisting

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SHIFTBASICshifting adj
SHIFTFASTquick-shifting adj

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