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Search phrase: adversary

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
King Lear	KL V.iii.121	Yet am I noble as the adversary	Yet am I Noble as the Aduersary
King Lear	KL V.iii.122.2	Which is that adversary?	Which is that Aduersary?
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.4	A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch,	A stonie aduersary, an inhumane wretch,
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW II.iii.85	For the which I will be thy adversary toward	For the which, I will be thy aduersary toward
Richard II	R2 I.iii.92	This feast of battle with mine adversary.	This Feast of Battell, with mine Aduersarie
Romeo and Juliet	RJ I.i.106	Here were the servants of your adversary,	Heere were the seruants of your aduersarie,

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Glossary

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adversary	intentional substitute for ‘emissary’
contrary	opposite side, position as adversary
encounter	meet, approach [as an adversary]
opposite	opponent, adversary, anatagonist

Thesaurus

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adversary	opposite
adversary, position as	contrary
approach [as an adversary]	encounter
position as adversary	contrary

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