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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.iii.2	philosophical persons to make modern and familiar,	Philosophicall persons, to make moderne and familiar
All's Well That Ends Well	AW II.iii.260	honourable personages than the commission of your	honourable personages, then the Commission of your
Antony and Cleopatra	AC II.ii.185	and but twelve persons there. Is this true?	and but twelue persons there. Is this true?
Antony and Cleopatra	AC II.ii.202	As amorous of their strokes. For her own person,	As amorous of their strokes. For her owne person,
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.i.17	More in their officer than person. Sossius,	More in their officer, then person. Sossius
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.vii.6.1	Be there in person?	be there in person.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC III.vii.56	Can he be there in person? 'Tis impossible;	Can he be there in person? 'Tis impossible
Antony and Cleopatra	AC IV.i.3	He hath whipped with rods; dares me to personal combat,	He hath whipt with Rods, dares me to personal Combat.
Antony and Cleopatra	AC IV.xiv.27	Death of one person can be paid but once,	Death of one person, can be paide but once,
As You Like It	AYL III.ii.300	paces with divers persons. I'll tell you who Time	paces, with diuers persons: Ile tel you who Time
As You Like It	AYL IV.i.83	Well, in her person, I say I will not have you.	Well, in her person, I say I will not haue you.
As You Like It	AYL IV.i.84	Then, in mine own person, I die.	Then in mine owne person, I die.
As You Like It	AYL IV.i.87	was not any man died in his own person, videlicit, in a	was not anie man died in his owne person (videlicet) in a
The Comedy of Errors	CE V.i.116	Have won his grace to come in person hither	Haue won his grace to come in person hither,
The Comedy of Errors	CE V.i.119	Anon, I'm sure, the Duke himself in person	Anon I'me sure the Duke himselfe in person
The Comedy of Errors	CE V.i.234	To go in person with me to my house.	To go in person with me to my house.
Coriolanus	Cor I.iii.10	become such a person – that it was no better then picture-like	become such a person, that it was no better then Picture-like
Coriolanus	Cor I.vi.70	Lesser his person than an ill report;	Lessen his person, then an ill report:
Coriolanus	Cor II.iii.245	That hath beside well in his person wrought	That hath beside well in his person wrought,
Coriolanus	Cor III.i.15	Your person most; that he would pawn his fortunes	Your person most: That he would pawne his fortunes
Coriolanus	Cor III.ii.86.1	As thou hast power and person.	As thou hast power and person.
Coriolanus	Cor IV.vii.9	Even to my person, than I thought he would	Euen to my person, then I thought he would
Coriolanus	Cor V.iii.110	The country, our dear nurse, or else thy person,	The Countrie our deere Nurse, or else thy person
Coriolanus	Cor V.vi.36	In mine own person; holp to reap the fame	In mine owne person: holpe to reape the Fame
Cymbeline	Cym II.iii.80.1	Your lady's person, is she ready?	Your Ladies person, is she ready?
Cymbeline	Cym III.v.137	than my noble and natural person; together with	then my Noble and naturall person; together with
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.21	Companions to our person, and will fit you	Companions to our person, and will fit you
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.40.1	Abhorred your person.	Abhorr'd your person.
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.206	Of secret on her person, that he could not	Of secret on her person, that he could not
Cymbeline	Cym V.v.455	Personates thee: and thy lopped branches point	Personates thee: And thy lopt Branches, point
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.36	Giving to you no further personal power	Giuing to you no further personall power
Hamlet	Ham I.ii.244	If it assume my noble father's person,	If it assume my noble Fathers person,
Hamlet	Ham I.iii.19	He may not, as unvalued persons do,	Hee may not, as vnuallued persons doe,
Hamlet	Ham IV.v.94	Will nothing stick our person to arraign	Will nothing sticke our persons to Arraigne
Hamlet	Ham IV.v.124	Let him go, Gertrude. Do not fear our person.	Let him go Gertrude: Do not feare our person:
Hamlet	Ham V.ii.168	I mean, my lord, the opposition of your person	I meane my Lord, the opposition of your person
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 I.iii.71	To such a person, and in such a place,	To such a person, and in such a place,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 III.ii.55	Thus did I keep my person fresh and new,	Thus I did keepe my Person fresh and new,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.i.91	The King himself in person is set forth,	The King himselfe in person hath set forth,
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 IV.iii.88	When he was personal in the Irish war.	When hee was personall in the Irish Warre.
Henry IV Part 1	1H4 V.iv.27	That counterfeitest the person of a king?	That counterfeit'st the person of a King?
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 II.i.115	person.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.i.10	Here doth he wish his person, with such powers	Here doth hee wish his Person, with such Powers
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.i.78	We are denied access unto his person	Wee are deny'd accesse vnto his Person,
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 IV.iv.8	Only we want a little personal strength,	Onely wee want a little personall Strength:
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 V.ii.73	I then did use the person of your father;	I then did vse the Person of your Father:
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 V.ii.88	That guards the peace and safety of your person?	That guards the peace, and safety of your Person?
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 V.ii.101	My person, or my liege's sovereignty.	My person, or my Lieges Soueraigntie.
Henry IV Part 2	2H4 V.v.68	Not to come near our person by ten mile.	Not to come neere our Person, by ten mile.
Henry V	H5 I.ii.21	Therefore take heed how you impawn our person,	Therefore take heed how you impawne our Person,
Henry V	H5 II.ii.41	That railed against our person. We consider	That rayl'd against our person: We consider
Henry V	H5 II.ii.59	And tender preservation of our person	And tender preseruation of our person
Henry V	H5 II.ii.167	You have conspired against our royal person,	You haue conspir'd against Our Royall person,
Henry V	H5 II.ii.174	Touching our person seek we no revenge,	Touching our person, seeke we no reuenge,
Henry V	H5 III.vi.130	own person kneeling at our feet but a weak and worthless	owne person kneeling at our feet, but a weake and worthlesse
Henry V	H5 IV.vii.153	and an enemy to our person: if thou encounter any such,	and an enemy to our Person; if thou encounter any such,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 II.i.40	In thine own person answer thy abuse.	In thine owne person answere thy abuse.
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 II.i.162	A sort of naughty persons, lewdly bent,	A sort of naughtie persons, lewdly bent,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.i.26	That he should come about your royal person	That he should come about your Royall Person,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.i.70	From meaning treason to our royal person	From meaning Treason to our Royall Person,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.i.173	If those that care to keep your royal person	If those that care to keepe your Royall Person
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 III.ii.254	They say, in care of your most royal person,	They say, in care of your most Royall Person,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.iv.45	So might your grace's person be in danger.	So might your Graces person be in danger.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.ii.167	As are of better person than myself,	As are of better Person then my selfe:
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.iii.52	First, to do greetings to thy royal person;	First, to doe greetings to thy Royall Person,
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.i.132	Myself in person will straight follow you.	My selfe in person will straight follow you.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.iii.22	But to defend his person from night-foes?	But to defend his Person from Night-foes?
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 IV.iv.5	No, but the loss of his own royal person.	No, but the losse of his owne Royall person.
Henry VIII	H8 prologue.26	The very persons of our noble story	The very Persons of our Noble Story,
Henry VIII	H8 I.i.117.1	Is he in person ready?	Is he in person, ready?
Henry VIII	H8 I.i.139.1	There's difference in no persons.	There's difference in no persons.
Henry VIII	H8 I.ii.5	That gentleman of Buckingham's. In person	That Gentleman of Buckinghams, in person,
Henry VIII	H8 I.ii.73	My faculties nor person, yet will be	My faculties nor person, yet will be
Henry VIII	H8 I.ii.140	Not friended by his wish to your high person,	Not frended by his wish to your High person;
Henry VIII	H8 I.ii.174	You charge not in your spleen a noble person	You charge not in your spleene a Noble person,
Henry VIII	H8 I.iv.78	There should be one amongst 'em, by his person,	There should be one amongst 'em by his person
Henry VIII	H8 II.i.100.1	The greatness of his person.	The Greatnesse of his Person.
Henry VIII	H8 II.ii.134	We live not to be griped by meaner persons.	We liue not to be grip'd by meaner persons.
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.41	Against your sacred person, in God's name	Against your Sacred Person; in Gods name
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.116	You tender more your person's honour than	You tender more your persons Honor, then
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.155.1	Or touch of her good person?	Or touch of her good Person?
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.220	I left no reverend person in this court,	I left no Reuerend Person in this Court;
Henry VIII	H8 II.iv.223	For no dislike i'th' world against the person	For no dislike i'th'world against the person
Henry VIII	H8 III.i.178	To make a seemly answer to such persons.	To make a seemely answer to such persons.
Henry VIII	H8 III.ii.12	The stamp of nobleness in any person	The stampe of Noblenesse in any person
Henry VIII	H8 III.ii.173	To th' good of your most sacred person and	To'th'good of your most Sacred Person, and
Henry VIII	H8 IV.i.68	The beauty of her person to the people.	The Beauty of her Person to the People.
Henry VIII	H8 IV.ii.83.3	personages clad in white robes, wearing on their heads	Personages, clad in white Robes, wearing on their heades
Henry VIII	H8 V.i.62	I could not personally deliver to her	I could not personally deliuer to her
Henry VIII	H8 V.i.124	Will triumph o'er my person, which I weigh not,	Will triumph o're my person, which I waigh not,
Henry VIII	H8 V.i.160	Fly o'er thy royal head, and shade thy person	Fly o're thy Royall head, and shade thy person
Julius Caesar	JC I.iii.77	In personal action, yet prodigious grown,	In personall action; yet prodigious growne,
Julius Caesar	JC II.i.11	I know no personal cause to spurn at him,	I know no personall cause, to spurne at him,
Julius Caesar	JC III.i.90	There is no harm intended to your person,	There is no harme intended to your person,
King Edward III	E3 I.ii.86	The king himself is come in person hither.	The king himselfe is come in person hither:
King Edward III	E3 V.i.85	His name I reverence, but his person more.	His name I reuerence, but his person more,
King Edward III	E3 V.i.87	But to his person I will bend my knee.	But to his person I will bend my knee.
King John	KJ II.i.189	All punished in the person of this child,	All punish'd in the person of this childe,
King John	KJ II.i.366	And bear possession of our person here,	And beare possession of our Person heere,
King John	KJ III.i.224	Good reverend father, make my person yours,	Good reuerend father, make my person yours,
King Lear	KL I.ii.161	the mischief of your person it would scarcely allay.	the mischiefe of your person, it would scarsely alay.
King Lear	KL II.ii.129	Against the grace and person of my master,	Against the Grace, and Person of my Master,
King Lear	KL IV.iii.6	personal return was most required and necessary.
King Lear	KL IV.v.2.1	Himself in person there?	Himselfe in person there?
King Lear	KL V.iii.65	Bore the commission of my place and person,	Bore the Commission of my place and person,
King Lear	KL V.iii.92	If none appear to prove upon thy person	If none appeare to proue vpon thy person,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.179	Which is the Duke's own person?	Which is the Dukes owne person.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.181	I myself reprehend his own person, for I am his	I my selfe reprehend his owne person, for I am his
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.182	grace's farborough. But I would see his own person in	graces Tharborough: But I would see his own person in
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL II.i.32	Importunes personal conference with his grace.	Importunes personall conference with his grace.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL III.i.122	enfreedoming thy person. Thou wert immured,	Enfreedoming thy person: thou wert emured,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.ii.81	God give you good morrow, Master Parson.	God giue you good morrow M. Person.
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.ii.82	Master Parson – quasi pierce-one? An if	Master Person, quasi Person? And if
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.ii.133	the nomination of the party writing to the person written	the nomination of the partie written to the person written
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL IV.iii.192	Our parson misdoubts it; 'twas treason, he said.	Our person mis-doubts it: it was treason he said.
Macbeth	Mac I.iii.90	Thy personal venture in the rebels' fight,	Thy personall Venture in the Rebels sight,
Macbeth	Mac III.iv.40	Were the graced person of our Banquo present;	Were the grac'd person of our Banquo present:
Macbeth	Mac III.iv.127	How sayst thou, that Macduff denies his person	How say'st thou that Macduff denies his person
Macbeth	Mac IV.ii.72	Which is too nigh your person. Heaven preserve you!	Which is too nie your person. Heauen preserue you,
Measure for Measure	MM I.iii.47	How I may formally in person bear me	How I may formally in person beare
Measure for Measure	MM II.i.158	person than any of us all.	person then any of vs all.
Measure for Measure	MM II.iv.91	Finding yourself desired of such a person	Finding your selfe desir'd of such a person,
Measure for Measure	MM III.i.204	to your own gracious person, and much please the	to your owne gracious person, and much please the
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.160	So vulgarly and personally accused,	So vulgarly and personally accus'd,
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.211.1	In her imagined person.	In her Imagin'd person.
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.260	Lodowick to be a dishonest person?	Lodowick to be a dishonest person?
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.333	You must, sir, change persons with me, ere you	You must (Sir) change persons with me, ere you
The Merchant of Venice	MV I.i.138	My purse, my person, my extremest means	My purse, my person, my extreamest meanes
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW I.i.46	It is that fery person for all the 'orld, as just as you	It is that ferry person for all the orld, as iust as you
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.ii.219	admittance, authentic in your place and person, generally	admittance, authenticke in your place and person, generally
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW III.i.50	having received wrong by some person, is at most odds	hauing receiued wrong by some person, is at most odds
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.i.55	present the person of Moonshine. Then there is another	present the person of Moone-shine. Then there is another
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND III.ii.292	And with her personage, her tall personage,	And with her personage, her tall personage,
A Midsummer Night's Dream	MND IV.ii.11	Yea and the best person, too; and he is a very	Yea, and the best person too, and hee is a very
Much Ado About Nothing	MA II.i.191	world into her person, and so gives me out. Well, I'll be	world into her person, and so giues me out: well, Ile be
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.iii.73	are to present the Prince's own person; if you meet the	are to present the Princes owne person, if you meete the
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.v.43	comprehended two aspicious persons, and we would	comprehended two aspitious persons, & we would
Othello	Oth I.i.9	In personal suit to make me his Lieutenant,	(In personall suite to make me his Lieutenant)
Othello	Oth I.iii.391	He hath a person and a smooth dispose	He hath a person, and a smooth dispose
Othello	Oth II.iii.5	But, notwithstanding, with my personal eye	But notwithstanding with my personall eye
Othello	Oth III.iii.80	To your own person. Nay, when I have a suit	To your owne person. Nay, when I haue a suite
Pericles	Per III.ii.45	Your personal pain, but even your purse, still open,	your personall payne, / But euen your Purse still open,
Pericles	Per V.i.33	Behold him. This was a goodly person,	Behold him, this was a goodly person.
Richard II	R2 I.iii.42	On pain of death, no person be so bold	On paine of death, no person be so bold,
Richard II	R2 I.iv.42	We will ourself in person to this war;	We will our selfe in person to this warre,
Richard II	R2 II.iii.82	Here comes his grace in person. My noble uncle!	Here comes his Grace in Person. My Noble Vnckle.
Richard II	R2 II.iii.134	And therefore personally I lay my claim	And therefore personally I lay my claime
Richard II	R2 III.iii.38	To his most royal person, hither come	to his Royall Person: hither come
Richard II	R2 IV.i.223	Committed by your person and your followers	Committed by your Person, and your followers,
Richard II	R2 V.v.31	Thus play I in one person many people,	Thus play I in one Prison, many people,
Richard II	R2 V.v.109	That staggers thus my person. Exton, thy fierce hand	That staggers thus my person. Exton, thy fierce hand,
Richard III	R3 I.i.44	Tendering my person's safety, hath appointed	tendring my persons safety, / Hath appointed
Richard III	R3 I.i.140	And overmuch consumed his royal person.	And ouer-much consum'd his Royall Person:
Richard III	R3 I.ii.252	I do mistake my person all this while!	I do mistake my person all this while:
Richard III	R3 I.iii.72	There's many a gentle person made a Jack.	There's many a gentle person made a Iacke.
Richard III	R3 III.v.44	The peace of England, and our person's safety	The Peace of England, and our Persons safetie,
Richard III	R3 III.v.84	Nay, for a need, thus far come near my person:	Nay, for a need, thus farre come neere my Person:
Richard III	R3 III.v.107	And to give notice that no manner of person	And to giue order, that no manner person
Richard III	R3 V.iii.82	Be to thy person, noble father-in-law!	Be to thy Person, Noble Father in Law.
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.ii.35	Through fair Verona; find those persons out	Through faire Verona, find those persons out,
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.ii.42	persons whose names are here writ, and can never find	persons whose names are writ, & can neuer find
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.ii.43	what names the writing person hath here writ. I must	what names the writing person hath here writ (I must
Romeo and Juliet	RJ V.iii.189	That calls our person from our morning rest?	That calls our person from our mornings rest?
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.42	By what? By any other house or person?	By what? by any other house, or person?
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.237.1	And his great person perish.	And his great person perish.
The Tempest	Tem I.ii.417	A goodly person. He hath lost his fellows,	A goodly person: he hath lost his fellowes,
The Tempest	Tem II.i.200	Will guard your person while you take your rest,	will guard your person, / While you take your rest,
Timon of Athens	Tim I.i.72	One do I personate of Lord Timon's frame,	One do I personate of Lord Timons frame,
Timon of Athens	Tim V.i.32	him. It must be a personating of himself; a satire against	him: / It must be a personating of himselfe: / A Satyre against
Titus Andronicus	Tit I.i.62	Commit myself, my person, and the cause.	Commit my Selfe, my Person, and the Cause:
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.ii.8	To attend the Emperor's person carefully.	To attend the Emperours person carefully:
Titus Andronicus	Tit II.iii.161	Hadst thou in person ne'er offended me,	Had'st thou in person nere offended me.
Troilus and Cressida	TC I.ii.193	proper man of person. When comes Troilus? I'll show	proper man of person: when comes Troylus? Ile shew
Troilus and Cressida	TC II.iii.166	Untent his person, and share the air with us?	Vntent his person, and share the ayre with vs?
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.i.31	request of Paris my lord, who's there in person; with	request of Paris my L. who's there in person; with
Troilus and Cressida	TC III.iii.276	for his person of the magnanimous and most	for his person, of the magnanimious and most
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.i.3	Is the prince there in person? –	Is the Prince there in person?
Troilus and Cressida	TC IV.iv.78	How novelty may move, and parts with person,	How nouelties may moue, and parts with person.
Twelfth Night	TN I.v.150	Of what personage and years is he?	Of what personage, and yeeres is he?
Twelfth Night	TN I.v.251	A gracious person. But yet I cannot love him.	A gracious person; But yet I cannot loue him:
Twelfth Night	TN II.iii.90	voice? Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in	voice? Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in
Twelfth Night	TN II.iii.152	feelingly personated. I can write very like my lady, your	feelingly personated. I can write very like my Ladie your
Twelfth Night	TN III.i.61	The quality of persons, and the time,	The quality of persons, and the time:
Twelfth Night	TN V.i.213	One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons!	One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons,
The Two Gentlemen of Verona	TG V.ii.3	And yet she takes exceptions at your person.	And yet she takes exceptions at your person.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK II.ii.67.1	Will be in person there.	Will be in person there.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.i.94	Your offer do't I only, sir; your person	Your offer doo't I onely, Sir your person
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.vi.33	Despisings of our persons, and such poutings	Dispisings of our persons, and such powtings
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.vi.39	As I am spared. Your person I am friends with,	As I am spard, your person I am friends with,
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK IV.ii.151.1	Fitting the persons that must use it.	Fitting the persons that must use it.
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK V.i.74	Your personal hazard; to the goddess Venus	Your personall hazard; to the goddesse Venus
The Winter's Tale	WT I.i.26	of their society, their encounters, though not personal,	of their Societie, their Encounters (though not Personall)
The Winter's Tale	WT I.ii.453	Must it be great; and as his person's mighty	Must it be great; and, as his Person's mightie,
The Winter's Tale	WT II.i.194	From our free person she should be confined,	From our free person, she should be confinde,
The Winter's Tale	WT III.ii.10.1	Appear in person here in court.	Appeare in person, here in Court.
The Winter's Tale	WT III.iii.28	Hath made thy person for the thrower-out	Hath made thy person for the Thrower-out
The Winter's Tale	WT IV.iv.547	As 'twere i'th' father's person; kisses the hands	As 'twere i'th' Fathers person: kisses the hands
The Winter's Tale	WT IV.iv.792	tender your persons to his presence, whisper him in	tender your persons to his presence, whisper him in
The Winter's Tale	WT V.i.155.1	Th' adventure of her person?	Th' aduenture of her person?
The Winter's Tale	WT V.i.170	A graceful gentleman, against whose person,	A graceful Gentleman, against whose person

Poems

3 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
A Lover's Complaint	LC.130	In personal duty, following where he haunted,	In personal duty, following where he haunted,
The Passionate Pilgrim	PP.18.12	And set thy person forth to sell.	And set her person forth to sale.
The Rape of Lucrece	Luc.1305	Health to thy person! Next, vouchsafe t' afford –	Health to thy person, next, vouchsafe t'afford

Glossary

193 result(s).

abstract	epitome, embodiment, personification
act	action (upon a person), effect
Almaine	German [person]
almsman	person living through charitable offerings
angel	ministering spirit, person who can perform a helpful office
ape	mimic, imitator, impersonator
attorney	by proxy [as opposed to ‘in person’]
bachelor	unmarried person [man or woman]
bare-bone	skinny person, fleshless one
bastard	low-born person
bed-swerver	person unfaithful to the marriage-bed, adulterer/adulteress
beest	2nd person singular, present tense of 'be'
behaviour	person, embodiment, personification
belonging	attribute, capability, personal quality
best	highest ranking person, most eminent person
body	person, individual
bondslave	slave, bondsman, person in a condition of servitude
bone	(plural) man, person
bosom	stomach, gut; or: being, person
bosom	inward thoughts, personal counsel
bosom	heart, inner person
Britain	[pron: 'briten] Breton, person from Brittany
brogue	poor person's roughly made shoe
bur	clinger, person difficult to shake off
buzzard	ignoramus, stupid person; also: inferior kind of hawk
chamber-counsel	personal confidences, private conversation
changeling	unsightly person [>> sense 1: an ugly or deformed child left by fairies in exchange for a beautiful one]
character	personality sketch, personal description
character	personal appearance, demeanour
chider	quarreller, abusive person
chief	main person
Christian	ordinary person, normal human being
consideration	spiritual self-examination, meditation, personal reflection
continuer	someone with staying-power, person who keeps going
conversion	newly honoured person, ennobled fellow
copulative	person being joined in marriage
counsel-keeper	person who keeps secrets
crescent	waxing moon, growing person
crowkeeper, crow-keeper	scarecrow, farmer's boy, person who keeps crows away
decay	destitute person, case of hardship
decimation	killing one in every ten persons
declined	vanquished person, someone brought down
defunct	dead person, deceased
didst	2nd person singular, past tense of 'do'
diligence	diligent person, attentive servant
diminutive	undersized person, very small being
discontent	discontented person, malcontent, agitator
disme	[pron: diym] tenth person killed
disposer	[unclear meaning] one who makes arrangements, one who can handle [a person]
distinctly	individually, separately, personally
dost	2rd person singular, present tense of 'do'
doth	3rd person singular, present tense of 'do'
embowel	disembowel [in Tudor times a procedure used to ensure that the body of a noble person would not deteriorate so much between death and burial]
entertainer	receiver, harbourer, person who considers
estate	degree of rank, place in life, type of person
Ethiop	Ethiopian, African, person with a dark countenance
Ethiopian	African, person with a dark countenance
expecter	person awaiting news
false	false person, deceiver
familiar	attendant spirit, personal demon
fantastico	absurdity, person of wild ideas
fee-grief	individual sorrow, personal distress
fifteen	tax of a fifteenth part levied on personal property
fool	simpleton, born idiot, insane person
forfeiter	defaulter, person guilty of breaking an agreement
forlorn	outcast, refugee, forsaken person
gibbet-maker	person who constructs gibbets
glory	exalted person, majesty, celebrity
goodman	[title for a person under the rank of gentleman] mister, master
grace	personal duty, sense of propriety
grandjuror	person who has served on a grand jury
grandsire	old man, aged person
Greek	buffoon, merry person, silly joker
hadst	2nd person singular, past tense of 'have'
halberd	person armed with a halberd
hast	2nd person singular, present tense of 'have'
hatchment	[heraldry] tablet displaying a person's coat-of-arms
hath	3rd person singular, present tense of 'have'
have	[said at the start of a fencing attack or other confrontation] I come at, let me at [a person]
he	man, person
Hiems	[pron: 'hiyemz] winter [personified]
housekeeper	householder, hospitable person
image	personal likeness, semblance
imperial	emperor, imperial personage
inconsiderate	unthinking person, ignorant being
interest	personal involvement, special concern
itching palm	avaricious disposition, desire for personal gain
lazar	leper, diseased person
life	living being, person
lineament	personal appearance, distinctive quality
ling	[person resembling] salted cod
low	lowly person
mark	mark used as a signature by an illiterate person
martlemas	[applied to a person] case of plenty, fullness of being
master	dignified form of address to a professional person
mere	sole, personal, particular
merit	deserving person, righteous individual
mistake	wrongly deliver, take to the wrong person
movable	(plural) personal possessions, private effects, pieces of property
moveable	(plural) personal possessions, private effects, pieces of property
natural	personal, formed by nature
nature	personality, innate disposition, character
nature	natural order, ungoverned state, way of the world [often personified]
near	personal, private
necessaries	travelling necessities, personal luggage
niggard	miser, mean person, skinflint
nonpareil	person without equal, unique one, paragon
O	vocalization used before a direct address [to a person, thing, concept, etc]
orthography	speaker of high-flown phrases, stylistically polished person
pageant	imitate as if in a play, impersonate, parody
particular	personal, special, private
particular	private matter, personal business
particular	individual person, self
particular	intimacy, personal relationship
particularity	personal matter, individual issue
particularly	in person, individually
party	person, fellow
pass	represent, impersonate, perform
peculiar	particular, private, personal
person	fine figure, personality
person	physical appearance, bodily figure
personage	appearance, demeanour
personal	personally engaged, present in person
personate	stand for, represent, symbolize
personate	describe, represent, delineate
personating	representation, symbolic portrayal
pheazar	[unclear meaning] vizier, person of great stature
piece	creature, individual, person, woman
plum porridge	[contemptuous, for the type of person who would eat] rich, fruity porridge [= heavy, lumbering individual]
poll	number of persons
presence	gracious self, dignity as a person, personal position
prince	person of royal blood [of either sex], noble
principal	person chiefly responsible, leading practitioner
private	personal, individual, particular
private	ordinary person, someone not holding high position
privy	secret, personal, private
privy-kitchen	personal kitchen
procreant	person engaged in procreation, copulator
proper	personal, private, individual
properly	privately, personally
quest	jury, body of persons appointed to hold an inquiry
reckoning	[of personal qualities] rendering of account, settlement of debts
remainder	subsequent heir, person who has a further interest
scholar	learned man, erudite person [who knows Latin, the language of exorcism]
self-unable	inadequate personal, poor and subjective
sensibly	as a feeling person, with a sensitive body
several	(plural) individuals, persons
shalt	2nd person singular of 'shall'
shoeing-horn	shoe-horn; person used as a tool, hanger-on
shrew	vexatious person, troublesome individual [of either sex]
singly	by another person, by a single individual
singularity	individuality, distinctiveness, personal qualities
sir	man, person, individual
soldier	dedicated person, committed individual
some	someone, a person, one
sore-betrayed	grievously deceived person
soul	inner conviction, personal impulse
spotted	person deemed guilty, one marked out for death
squarer	brawler, swaggerer, quarrelsome person
st	2nd person singular ending; also: short form of some auxiliary verbs such as 'must', 'shallst'
stand	stand in, impersonate, represent
state	persons of rank, nobility, court, council of state
stigmatic	misshapen individual, person marked by physical deformity
stock	senseless person, stupid individual
stoic	pleasure-despiser, over-rigorous person
strange	of another person, not one's own
suit	court attendance, personal retinue
surety	person undertaking a legal responsibility in relation to another, guarantor
swain	rustic, country person, shepherd
th	3rd person singular ending
thriver	aspiring person, striver, wannabe
tithed	of one person in ten
titler	person asserting a right, claimant
Tom o'Bedlam	madman, deranged person
trash	worthless person, disreputable individual
tucket	personal trumpet call
Turlygod	[unclear meaning] possibly an allusion to 'turlupin' for a person of no value, from the name of a medieval French heretical sect
undertaker	person who takes on a task
undeserver	one who deserves nothing, unworthy person
unexperient	inexperienced person, innocent
usurp	supplant, oust, impersonate
vane	weathervane; inconstant person
Ver	[personification of] spring, springtime
vile	lowly person, person of humble birth
vile	worthless person, one not deserving of praise
voice	voter, person offering support
vow-fellow	person bound by the same vow
ward	person under someone's protection, minor
waywarder	obstinate, wilful, self-willed [person]
wert	2nd person singular, past tense of 'be'
wight	[archaism] person, human being
wilt	2nd person singular of 'will'
wit	lively person, sharp-minded individual

Thesaurus

207 result(s).

abusive person	chider
afflicted person	affliction
agent [person]	attorney
agent [person]	broker, broker-between
agent [person]	executor
agent [person]	factor
agent [person]	instrument
agent [person]	man
agent [person]	minister
agent [person]	motive
agent [person]	procurator
agent [person]	secondary
agent [person]	speculation
another person, of	strange
appearance, personal	character
appearance, personal	lineament
aspiring person	thriver
birth, person of humble	vile
blood, person of royal	prince
business, personal	particular
charitable offerings, person living through	almsman
chiefly responsible, person	principal
confidences, personal	chamber-counsel
considers, person who	entertainer
counsel, personal	bosom
country person	swain
crows, person who keeps away	crowkeeper, crow-keeper
dark-skinned person	blackamoor
dark-skinned person	Ethiopian
dead person	defunct
dedicated person	soldier
deformity, person marked by physical	stigmatic
demon, personal	familiar
deranged person	Tom o'Bedlam
description, personal	character
deserving person	merit
desire for personal gain	itching palm
destitute person	decay
dignified form of address to a professional person	master
dignity as a person	presence
diligent person	diligence
discontented person	discontent
diseased person	lazar
distress, personal	fee-grief
duty, personal	grace
eminent person, most	best
equal, person without	nonpareil
erudite person	scholar
exalted person	glory
false person	false
feeling person, as a	sensibly
forsaken person	forlorn
further interest, person who has a	remainder
gibbets, person who constructs	gibbet-maker
grievously deceived person	sore-betrayed
growing person	crescent
guilty, person deemed	spotted
halberd, person armed with a	halberd
handle [a person], one who can	disposer
highest ranking person	best
honoured person, newly	conversion
hospitable person	housekeeper
humble birth, person of	vile
imperial personage	imperial
impersonate	pageant
impersonate	pass
impersonate	stand
impersonate	usurp
impersonator	ape
impulse, personal	soul
inadequate personal	self-unable
inconstant person	vane
individual person	particular
inexperienced person	unexperient
inner person	bosom
inquiry, body of persons	quest
insane person	fool
involvement, personal	interest
jury, person who has served on a grand	grandjuror
keeps going, person who	continuer
keeps secrets, person who	counsel-keeper
killed, tenth person	disme
kitchen, personal	privy-kitchen
likeness, personal	image
lively person	wit
low-born person	bastard
lowly person	low
lowly person	vile
luggage, personal	necessaries
main person	chief
marriage, person being joined in	copulative
matter, personal	particularity
mean person	niggard
merry person	Greek
newly honoured person	conversion
news, person awaiting	expecter
ordinary person	Christian
ordinary person	private
over-rigorous person	stoic
person	behaviour
person	body
person	bone
person	bosom
person	he
person	life
person	party
person	piece
person	sir
person	wight
person, by another	singly
person, forsaken	forlorn
person, highest ranking/most eminent	best
person, in	particularly
person, inexperienced	unexperient
person, inner	bosom
person, main	chief
person, ordinary	Christian
person, unmarried	bachelor
personal	mere
personal	natural
personal	near
personal	particular
personal	peculiar
personal	private
personal	privy
personal	proper
personal appearance	character
personal appearance	lineament
personal business	particular
personal confidences	chamber-counsel
personal counsel	bosom
personal demon	familiar
personal description	character
personal distress	fee-grief
personal duty	grace
personal gain, desire for	itching palm
personal impulse	soul
personal involvement	interest
personal kitchen	privy-kitchen
personal likeness	image
personal luggage	necessaries
personal matter	particularity
personal position	presence
personal possessions	moveable
personal qualities	singularity
personal quality	belonging
personal reflection	consideration
personal relationship	particular
personal retinue	suit
personal trumpet call	tucket
personal, inadequate	self-unable
personality	nature
personality	person
personality sketch	character
personally	distinctly
personally	properly
personally engaged	personal
personification	abstract
personification	behaviour
persons	several
position, personal	presence
possessions, personal	moveable
present in person	personal
procreation, person engaged in	procreant
protection, person under someone's	ward
qualities, personal	singularity
quality, personal	belonging
quarrelsome person	squarer
rank, persons of	state
ranking, highest [person]	best
reflection, personal	consideration
relationship, personal	particular
responsibility, person undertaking a legal	surety
responsible, person chiefly	principal
retinue, personal	suit
right, person asserting a	titler
royal blood, person of	prince
same vow, person bound by the	vow-fellow
secrets, person who keeps	counsel-keeper
selected person	minion
senseless person	stock
servitude, person in	bondslave
shake off, person difficult to	bur
sketch, personality	character
skinny person	bare-bone
stature, person of great	pheazar
stupid person	buzzard
stylistically polished person	orthography
support, person offering	voice
take to the wrong person	mistake
task, person who takes on a	undertaker
ten, of one person in	tithed
tenth person killed	disme
tool, person used as a	shoeing-horn
trumpet call, personal	tucket
undersized person	diminutive
unique person	nonpareil
unmarried person	bachelor
unsightly person	changeling
unthinking person	inconsiderate
unworthy person	undeserver
vanquished person	declined
vexatious person	shrew
vow, person bound by the same	vow-fellow
wild ideas, person of	fantastico
worthless person	trash
worthless person	vile

Themes and Topics

14 result(s).

Address forms	... only by taking careful note of who the personalities are and the context in which the... ...ts item location personalities gloss ameers mynhee... ...millius [father to son] [to a senior person of no particular rank also familiar a... ...] [dignified term for a professional person sometimes applied inappropriately by l...
Archaisms	...rs) and in the speech of such bombastic personalities as pistol (in henry v) and don a... ...hath tofore been sain wight person human being h5 ii i 57 [pistol to n...
Cosmos	...y astrology and thought to influence a person’s destiny situation behaviour and ch...
Humours	...n early accounts of human physiology a person's physical and mental disposition was t...
Plurals	...xistence of forms which might reflect a personal or regional dialect as well as by us...
Responses	...modern english of responding to another person or rhetorically to oneself yes express...
Stage directions	...109 trumpeter tucket aw iii v 1 personal trumpet call ...
Verb forms	...e early modern period -est for the 2nd person singular following thou (as in thou goe... ...hou goest) and -th or -eth for the 3rd person singular (as in she goeth) both were r... ...description example art are 2nd person singular present tense mnd iii i 140 ... ...rt beautiful beest be’st be 2nd person singular present tense [usually in a c... ... ever thou beest mine be are 3rd person plural present tense kl i v 31 be my ... ...be my horses ready been are 3rd person plural present tense [archaic] per ch... ...i 28 when men been wast were 2nd person singular past tense rj ii iv 74 thou ... ...r with me [q wert] wert were 2nd person singular past tense 2h4 iii ii 162 i ... ...have >> elision hast have 2nd person singular present tense tem i i 19 rem... ...om thou hast aboard hath has 3rd person singular present tense mw iii iv 100 ... ...kind heart he hath hadst had 2nd person singular past tense aw v iii 281 wher... ...description example dost do 2nd person singular present tense tn iii iv 31 w... ...dost thou smile so doth does 3rd person singular present tense 1h4 iii iii 92... ... doth thy husband didst did 2nd person singular past tense ts induction 1 87... ...idst it excellent didest did 2nd person singular past tense [rare] ham iv vii... ...scription example canst can 2nd person singular r3 iii v 1 canst thou quake ... ... ha’ bin zwaggered mayst may 2nd person singular r3 i iii 203 long mayst thou ... ...hear our counsel shalt shall 2nd person singular 3h6 i ii 36 thou shalt to lon... ...lt to london shouldst should 2nd person singular oth iii iii 378 thou shouldst... ...the belly’s answer wilt will 2nd person singular tg i i 11 wilt thou be gone ... ... iv i 62 wolt out woo would 2nd person singular ham v i 271 woo’t weep ... ... wot wot thou wouldst would 2nd person singular mv ii ii 111 wouldst thou aug...
Who and who	...i 108 who was the thane lives yet the person who whoever whoe’er (conj ) 1h6 ...
Contemporary figures, factual and fictitious	...ragedy jeronimy saint in religious personalities and beings mall mistre...
French	...represent the pronunciation of a french person speaking english /th/ (voiceless) bec...
Latin	...) tit iv ii 20 upright (person) integritas (n f ) h8 iii ...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)	...sidering how honour would become such a person 1h6 iv vii 23 [talbot to his dead son]... ...ted yesterday / that railed against our person r2 v v 90 [richard as if to his horse...
Abbreviations	...o indicate when a character is the only person on stage tem v i 51 [prospero alone... ...imself/herself while not being the only person on stage oth v ii 101 [othello to hi...

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
BLACKAMOOR	BASIC	see MOOR [person]
COUNT [person]	BASIC	Count n, Countess n
COUNTESS	BASIC	see COUNT [person]
MOOR [person]	BASIC	blackamoor n, Moor n
PAGE [person]	BASIC	page n , page v
PERSON	BASIC	person n, personage n, personal adj, personally adv
PERSON	RESEMBLANCE	personate v, personating n
QUAIL [person]	BASIC	quail n
SCOUT [person]	BASIC	scout n, scout v

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