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Search phrase: prime

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.182That happiness and prime can happy call.That happines and prime, can happy call:
As You Like ItAYL V.iii.35For love is crowned with the prime,For loue is crowned with the prime.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.i.23How well resembles it the prime of youth,How well resembles it the prime of Youth,
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.162The prime man of the state? I pray you tell meThe prime man of the State? I pray you tell me,
OthelloOth III.iii.400Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys,Were they as prime as Goates, as hot as Monkeyes,
PericlesPer IV.iii.27Though not his prime consent, he did not flowthough not his prince consent, he did not flow
Richard IIR2 V.ii.51Lest you be cropped before you come to prime.Least you be cropt before you come to prime.
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.247That cropped the golden prime of this sweet princeThat cropt the Golden prime of this sweet Prince,
Richard IIIR3 IV.iii.19That from the prime creation e'er she framed.’That from the prime Creation ere she framed.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.171Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous;Thy prime of Manhood, daring, bold, and venturous:
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.120Think how thou stab'st me in my prime of youthThinke how thou stab'st me in my prime of youth
The TempestTem I.ii.72And Prospero the prime duke, being so reputedAnd Prospero, the prime Duke, being so reputed
The TempestTem I.ii.426How I may bear me here. My prime request,How I may beare me heere: my prime request
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.49Losing his verdure even in the prime,Loosing his verdure, euen in the prime,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.ii.2And our prime cousin, yet unhardened inAnd our prime Cosen, yet unhardned in

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.332 To add a more rejoicing to the prime To ad a more reioysing to the prime,
SonnetsSonn.3.10 Calls back the lovely April of her prime. Calls backe the louely Aprill of her prime,
SonnetsSonn.12.3 When I behold the violet past prime, When I behold the violet past prime,
SonnetsSonn.70.8 And thou present'st a pure unstained prime. And thou present'st a pure vnstayined prime.
SonnetsSonn.97.7 Bearing the wanton burthen of the prime, Bearing the wanton burthen of the prime,
Venus and AdonisVen.131 Fair flowers that are not gathered in their prime Faire flowers that are not gathred in their prime,
Venus and AdonisVen.418 They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth. They wither in their prime, proue nothing worth,
Venus and AdonisVen.1163 Sith in his prime death doth my love destroy, Sith in his prime, death doth my loue destroy,

Glossary

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blossomsprime, peak, full flowering [as of a plant]
floodat its height, in its prime
frameprepare, make ready, prime
holiday timebest time, prime
prideprime, best condition, fullness of growth
primeperfection, fullness
primechief, dearest, favourite
primeprincipal, chief, foremost
primelecherous, randy, lustful
primefirst, original, initial
primeearly years, prime of life, fullness of youth
primespring, springtime
primyin its prime, at its most active
staleworn out, past the prime of life

Thesaurus

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life, past the prime ofstale
life, prime ofprime
primeblossoms
primepride
primeholiday time
primeframe
prime of lifeprime
prime of life, past thestale
prime, in itsprimy
prime, in itsflood

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PRIMEBASICprimal adj, prime adj, prime n, primo adj, primy adj
PRIMEBIRTHprimogenitive n
PRIMEOBJECTprimer n
PRIMESTATEprimitive adj

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