Both Uses of
earnest
in
Macbeth
- And, for an earnest of a greater honor, He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor: In which addition, hail, most worthy thane, For it is thine.†
Scene 1.3 *
- ] This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good:—if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth?†
Scene 1.3
Definition:
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(earnest) characterized by sincere belief
or:
intensely or excessively serious or determined