All 3 Uses of
moiety
in
The Winter's Tale
- If The cause were not in being,—part o' the cause, She the adultress; for the harlot king Is quite beyond mine arm, out of the blank And level of my brain, plot-proof; but she I can hook to me:—say that she were gone, Given to the fire, a moiety of my rest Might come to me again.†
Scene 2.3 *
- —You, my lord, best know,— Who least will seem to do so,—my past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy: which is more Than history can pattern, though devis'd And play'd to take spectators; for behold me,— A fellow of the royal bed, which owe A moiety of the throne, a great king's daughter, The mother to a hopeful prince,—here standing To prate and talk for life and honour 'fore Who please to come and hear.†
Scene 3.2
- Well, give me the moiety.†
Scene 4.4
Definition:
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(moiety) one of two (approximately) equal parts
or:
chemistry: a significant segment, portion or part of a molecule that may include a substructure of the functional group