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Search phrase: mote

Plays

 36 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor III.i.317Our Aediles smote? Ourselves resisted? Come!Our Ediles smot: our selues resisted: come.
CoriolanusCor IV.v.145Or rudely visit them in parts remoteOr rudely visit them in parts remote,
HamletHam I.i.63He smote the sledded pole-axe on the ice.He smot the sledded Pollax on the Ice.
HamletHam I.i.112A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye.
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.i.4To be commenced in strands afar remote.To be commenc'd in Stronds a-farre remote:
Henry VH5 IV.i.174man in his bed, wash every mote out of his conscience;man in his Bed, wash euery Moth out of his Conscience:
King Edward IIIE3 II.i.437An unreputed mote, flying in the sun,An vnreputed mote, flying in the Sunne,
King JohnKJ IV.i.91O heaven, that there were but a mote in yours,O heauen: that there were but a moth in yours,
King JohnKJ V.ii.31To grace the gentry of a land remote,To grace the Gentry of a Land remote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.1Enter Armado and Mote, his pageEnter Armado and Moth his Page.
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.74love, my dear Mote?loue my deare Moth?
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.156Nay, nothing, Master Mote, but what they lookNay nothing, Master Moth, but what they looke
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.160Exeunt Mote and CostardExit.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.1Enter Armado and MoteEnter Broggart and Boy. Song.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.3MOTE (singing) Concolinel.Concolinel.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.68.1Enter Mote with CostardEnter Page and Clowne.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.112Thou hast no feeling of it, Mote. I will speakThou hast no feeling of it Moth, / I will speake
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.131rewarding my dependants. Mote, follow.my dependants. Moth, follow.
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.132Exeunt Armado and MoteExit.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.26As thy eye-beams when their fresh rays have smoteAs thy eye beames, when their fresh rayse haue smot.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.iii.159You found his mote; the King your mote did see;You found his Moth, the King your Moth did see:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.30Enter Armado, Mote, and Costard
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.i.38.1 (to Mote)
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.158.1Enter blackamoors with music, Mote with a speech,Enter Black moores with musicke, the Boy with a speech,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.174Exit Mote
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.584.1Enter Holofernes as Judas and Mote as HerculesEnter Pedant for Iudas, and the Boy for Hercules.
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.591.1Mote retiresExit Boy
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.791Remote from all the pleasures of the world;Remote from all the pleasures of the world:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.68More fertile-fresh than all the field to see;Mote fertile-fresh then all the Field to see:
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND I.i.159From Athens is her house remote seven leagues;From Athens is her house remou'd seuen leagues,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.310A mote will turn the balance which Pyramus,A Moth wil turne the ballance, which Piramus
OthelloOth V.ii.352And smote him thus.And smoate him, thus.
PericlesPer IV.iv.21Like motes and shadows see them move awhile;Like moats and shadowes, see them / Moue a while,
The TempestTem IV.i.172So full of valour that they smote the airSo full of valour, that they smote the ayre
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.175To some remote and desert place, quite outTo some remote and desart place, quite out
The Winter's TaleWT III.iii.30Places remote enough are in Bohemia:Places remote enough are in Bohemia,

Poems

 3 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Phoenix and TurtlePhoen.29 Hearts remote, yet not asunder; Hearts remote, yet not asunder;
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1251 Through crystal walls each little mote will peep. Through christall wals ech little mote will peepe,
SonnetsSonn.44.4 From limits far remote where thou dost stay. From limits farre remote, where thou doost stay,

Glossary

 14 result(s).
advancedisplay, present, promote
atomyatom, mote, speck
attorneyadvocate, mediator, promoter
enlargeenhance, promote, enrich
motespeck of dust, tiny particle, trifle
motionadvocate, propose, promote
preferpromote, advance, recommend
privatesecluded, unfrequented, remote
raiseelevate in rank, advance, promote
remotionremoval, departure; or: remoteness
removedremote, secluded, further away
removedestranged, remote, alienated
smotepast form of 'smite'
tendserve, promote, sustain

Thesaurus

 12 result(s).
moteatomy
promoteadvance
promoteenlarge
promotemotion
promoteprefer
promoteraise
promotetend
promoterattorney
remoteprivate
remoteremoved
remoteremoved
remotenessremotion

Themes and Topics

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Archaisms...sain said lll iii i 81 [armado to mote of the word 'envoy'] it is an epilogue...
... beforehand lll iii i 81 [armado to mote] some obscure precedence that hath tofo...
Past tenses...ave smitten tim ii i 23 smote [been] smitten cor iii i 317 ...

Words Families

 3 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
MOTEBASICmote n
REMOTEBASICremote adj, remotion n

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