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affectioned affected, one who puts on airs. (Twelfth Night)

affections swayed passions ruled. (Julius Caesar)

against the hair or, as we say, "against the grain," a metaphor from brushing thehair of an animal the opposite way to which it lies. (Romeo and Juliet)

agnize acknowledge. (Othello)

aimed so near guessed as much. (Romeo and Juliet)

alarum'd summoned to action. (Macbeth)alike bewitched each of them equally enchanted. (Romeo and Juliet)

all exercise i.e., all their habitual activity. (The Tempest)

ambition for the Elizabethans the word had the special meaningof unscrupulous pursuit of power. (Julius Caesar)

amerce punish. (Romeo and Juliet)

Anon, anon In a moment! (Macbeth)

anters caves. (Othello)

a patient list the limits of patience.(Othello)

apparent prodigies wonders that have appeared. (Julius Caesar)

argal therefore. (Hamlet)

aroint thee begone. (King Lear)

arrant out-and-out. (Hamlet)

arras tapestry, commonly hung inmedieval castles from ceiling to floor for the prevention of drafts. (Hamlet)

as thou list any way you like. (The Tempest)

asquint crookedly, falsely. (King Lear)

atomies miniature beings.(Romeo and Juliet)

augurers priests who interpreted omens. (Julius Caesar)

auspicious mistress as a favorable influence. (King Lear)

bastinado thrashing or cudgeling. (King Henry IV, Part 1)batten glut yourself. (Hamlet)

bawbling small. (Twelfth Night)

bawcock fine fellow. (Twelfth Night)

bawd go-between a man and a woman. (Romeo and Juliet)

bear hard bear a grudge against.(Julius Caesar)

beetles o'er overhangs. (Hamlet)

beggarly account very small number. (Romeo and Juliet)

behoveful necessary. (Romeo and Juliet)

beldams hags. (Macbeth)

belike probably.(King Lear)

berattle abuse. (Hamlet)

beshrew a curse, plague upon. (Hamlet); blame. (Romeo and Juliet); confound. (Twelfth Night)

betid happened. (The Tempest)

betimes at once. (Julius...