| 3H6 IV.vii.60 | [Edward to all] 'tis wisdom to conceal our meaning |
| AW III.vii.45 | [Helena to Widow, of her plot] wicked meaning in a lawful deed, / And lawful meaning in a lawful act |
| H5 I.ii.241 | [Ambassador to King Henry] shall we sparingly show you far off / The Dauphin's meaning and our embassy? |
| KL I.ii.170 | [Edmund to Edgar] I am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward you |
| KL V.iii.4 | [Cordelia to Lear] We are not the first / Who with best meaning have incurred the worst |
| R3 III.v.54 | [Buckingham to Lord Mayor, of him not being present at Hastings' death] the loving haste of these our friends, / Something against our meaning, have prevented [Q; F meanings] |
| Tim V.iv.59 | [Alcibiades to Senators] to atone your fears / With my more noble meaning |