All 3 Uses of
vex
in
Romeo and Juliet
- Love is a smoke rais'd with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with lovers' tears: What is it else? a madness most discreet, A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.†
Scene 1.1 *
- Now, afore God, I am so vexed that every part about me quivers.†
Scene 2.4
- Indeed I never shall be satisfied With Romeo till I behold him—dead— Is my poor heart so for a kinsman vex'd: Madam, if you could find out but a man To bear a poison, I would temper it, That Romeo should, upon receipt thereof, Soon sleep in quiet.†
Scene 3.5
Definition:
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(vex) to annoy or disturb