| repose | rest, sleep; quietness, ease; peace, calmnessIn Context: “Restrain in me the cursed thoughts that nature gives way to repose” (II.i.10-11) {Banquo speaking to Fleance} |
| entreat | to ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something; to beg. |
| withal | postpositively with a relative or interrogative pronoun as object. |
| prate | Money or gifts given generously |
| contend | not enough emphasis is placed on creativity. To show or agree that something is true:show, prove, point to… [intransitive] to compete against someone, for example for a victory or for power. |
| infirm | unsteady, or not firm |
| multitudinous | Shakespeare makes a verb out of “incarnadine,” a sixteenth century adjective meaning “pink.” (The Latin root carn-refers to flesh, and thus, in its derivatives, to flesh color.) |
Macbeth Act 2 scenses 1+2
September 13, 2019