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 |
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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 |
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Words Families
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result(s).
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Word Family | Word Family Group | Words |
AVOID | BASIC | void adj, void v, voiding adj |
VOID(ING) | BASIC | see AVOID |
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