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Search phrase: void

Plays

12 result(s).

Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Henry V	H5 III.v.52	The Alps doth spit and void his rheum upon!	The Alpes doth spit, and void his rhewme vpon.
Henry V	H5 IV.vii.57	Or void the field: they do offend our sight.	Or voyde the field: they do offend our sight.
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.vii.59	Which makes me hope you are not void of pity.	Which makes me hope you are not void of pitty.
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 III.iii.142	By this alliance to make void my suit;	By this alliance to make void my suit:
Henry VIII	H8 V.iii.1.4	a seat being left void above him, as for Canterbury's	A Seate being left void aboue him, as for Canterburies.
Julius Caesar	JC II.iv.37	I'll get me to a place more void, and there	Ile get me to a place more voyd, and there
Measure for Measure	MM II.i.54	void of all profanation in the world that good Christians	void of all prophanation in the world, that good Christians
The Merchant of Venice	MV I.iii.114	You, that did void your rheum upon my beard	You that did voide your rume vpon my beard,
The Merchant of Venice	MV IV.i.5	Uncapable of pity, void and empty	Vncapable of pitty, voyd, and empty
The Merchant of Venice	MV V.i.189	Even so void is your false heart of truth.	Euen so voide is your false heart of truth.
Timon of Athens	Tim I.ii.135	Upon whose age we void it up again	Vpon whose Age we voyde it vp agen
The Two Noble Kinsmen	TNK III.i.40	Void of appointment, that thou lie'st, and art	Void of appointment, that thou ly'st, and art

Glossary

44 result(s).

avoid	leave, quit, clear out [of]
avoid	be off, be gone, go away
avoid	repudiate, deny, reject
cancelled	made null and void, invalidated
circumvention	warning to avoid, chance to outwit
disannul	make null and void, bring to nothing
eschew	avoid, escape, prevent
evitate	avoid, avert, get away from
flap-dragons	[game of bravado] snap-dragons: small burning objects floating on liquor, which have to be avoided while drinking; or: edible objects floating on burning liquor, to be seized and eaten
forbear	leave alone, avoid, stay away [from]
frustrate	annul, make null and void, render ineffectual
inevitable	unavoidable, unable to be averted
live	stay afloat, avoid destruction
make	[unclear meaning] avoid, beware; or: let go, release
necessary	inevitable, unavoidable, certain
necessity	unavoidable event
needly	of necessity, unavoidably
outrun	escape, avoid, elude
pass	let pass, omit, avoid
Perseus	son of Zeus and Danae; advised by Athene to look at the reflection in his shield when cutting off Medusa's head, thereby avoiding being turned to stone; associated with the winged horse released by her death
prevent	spare, able to avoid
prevent	take steps to thwart, avoid by prompt action
purge	exude, discharge, void
ransack-constraining	that makes plundering unavoidable
save	prevent, avoid, avert
scape	escape, avoid
shew	eschew, avoid, shirk
shun	refuse, avoid, refrain from
shunless	unavoidable, inescapable, certain
skip	jump over, avoid, pass by
spare	omit, avoid, refrain [from]
spare	avoid, shun, keep away from
spare	avoid offending, refrain from causing distress to
unavoided	unavoidable, inevitable, inescapable
unpeopled	devoid of people, lacking retinue, without servants
unshunned	unshunnable, unavoidable
vacant	lacking, devoid, deficient
Virginius	5th-c BC centurion who slew his daughter, either to avoid her being raped or because she was raped
void	empty, lacking, devoid
void	empty, clear out, discharge
void	leave, withdraw, quit
void	bring up, regurgitate, disgorge
void	uncrowded, unfrequented, roomy
voiding lobby	antechamber, waiting-room

Thesaurus

39 result(s).

avoid	shun
avoid	spare
avoid	spare
avoid	scape
avoid	skip
avoid	pass
avoid	outrun
avoid	make
avoid	eschew
avoid	evitate
avoid	forbear
avoid	shew
avoid	save
avoid by prompt action	prevent
avoid destruction	live
avoid offending	spare
avoid, able to	prevent
avoid, warning to	circumvention
destruction, avoid	live
devoid	vacant
devoid	void
devoid of people	unpeopled
null and void, made	cancelled
null and void, make	frustrate
null and void, make	disannul
offending, avoid	spare
people, devoid of	unpeopled
plundering unavoidable, that makes	ransack-constraining
prompt action, avoid by	prevent
unavoidable	unavoided
unavoidable	inevitable
unavoidable	shunless
unavoidable	necessary
unavoidable	unshunned
unavoidable event	necessity
unavoidable plundering, that makes	ransack-constraining
unavoidably	needly
void	purge
warning to avoid	circumvention

Words Families

4 result(s).

Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
AVOID	BASIC	void adj, void v, voiding adj
VOID(ING)	BASIC	see AVOID