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Search phrase: pensive

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.i.10That you stand pensive, as half-malcontent?That you stand pensiue, as halfe malecontent?
Henry VIIIH8 II.ii.61.1The King draws the curtain and sits reading pensivelythe King drawes the Curtaine and sits reading pensiuely.
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.i.39My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. –My leisure serues me pensiue daughter now.

Poems

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A Lover's ComplaintLC.219 Of pensived and subdued desires the tender, Of pensiu'd and subdew'd desires the tender,
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1497 To pencilled pensiveness and coloured sorrow: To pencel'd pensiuenes, & colour'd sorrow,

Glossary

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chargefulcostly, expensive, lavish
costexpensive item, costly development
dearexpensive, costly
pensivesorrowful, sad, full of melancholy
pensived[unclear meaning] pensive, reflective; melancholic; apprehensive
sablerich fur [from the animal, sable], expensive garment
three-piledtriple-thickness, three-threaded [i.e. very expensive or ornate]

Thesaurus

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expensivechargeful
expensivedear
expensive itemcost
garment, expensivesable
pensivepensived

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PENSIVEBASICpensive adj, pensived adj, pensively adv, pensiveness n

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