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Search phrase: wreath

Plays

 17 result(s). alternate result(s)
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As You Like ItAYL IV.iii.109A green and gilded snake had wreathed itself,A greene and guilded snake had wreath'd it selfe,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iii.2And we are graced with wreaths of victory.And we are grac'd with wreaths of Victorie:
Julius CaesarJC V.iii.82Put on my brows this wreath of victory,Put on my Browes this wreath of Victorie,
King Edward IIIE3 V.i.193This wreath of conquest and reward of war,This wreath of conquest, and reward of warre,
King LearKL II.ii.105Whose influence like the wreath of radiant fireWhose influence like the wreath of radient fire
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.133Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwartNor neuer lay his wreathed armes athwart
PericlesPer II.ii.29And his device a wreath of chivalry.and his deuice, / A wreath of Chiually:
PericlesPer II.iii.10To whom this wreath of victory I give,To whom this Wreath of victorie I giue,
Richard IIIR3 I.i.5Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,Now are our browes bound with Victorious Wreathes,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.25We may, each wreathed in the other's arms,We may each wreathed in the others armes,
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.4Marcus, unknit that sorrow-wreathen knot.Marcus vnknit that sorrow-wreathen knot:
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.i.18learned, like Sir Proteus, to wreathe your arms, like alearn'd (like Sir Protheus) to wreath your Armes like a
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.i.64Nor in more bounty spread her; your wheaten wreathNor in more bounty spread her. Your wheaten wreathe
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK IV.i.84A wreath of bulrush rounded; about her stuckA wreake of bull-rush rounded; about her stucke
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.96As 'twere a wreath of roses, yet is heavierAs t'wer a wreath of Roses, yet is heavier
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.137.2hair about her shoulders, with a wheaten wreath; onehaire about her shoulders, a wheaten wreath: One
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.iv.79Seemed with strange art to hang; his victor's wreathSeem'd with strange art to hang: His victors wreath

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.110 With bruised arms and wreaths of victory. With bruised armes and wreathes of victorie,
Venus and AdonisVen.879 Wreathed up in fatal folds just in his way, Wreath'd vp in fatall folds iust in his way,

Glossary

 10 result(s).
bayfame, renown [i.e. laurel wreath]
brow-bindwreathe around the brow
chapletgarland, wreath
coronetgarland, wreath, circlet [of flowers, etc]
crants(singular) garland, wreath, chaplet
crownetwreathed, entwined, garlanded
entwistclasp with a twist, entwine, wreathe around
garlandwreath of victory
sorrow-wreathenfolded in grief
wreathefold, intertwine

Thesaurus

 11 result(s).
around the brow, wreathebrow-bind
around, wreatheentwist
brow, wreathe around thebrow-bind
victory, wreath of garland
wreathcrants
wreathcoronet
wreathchaplet
wreath of victorygarland
wreathe aroundentwist
wreathe around the browbrow-bind
wreathedcrownet

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Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SORROWSTATEsorrow-wreathen adj
WREATHBASICwreath n, wreathe v, wreathed adj
WREATHSTATEsorrow-wreathen adj

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