affable
1 use
conspiracy; hide it in smiles and affability
affability = good nature and sociability
Definition
Generally affable means:good natured and sociable
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 2.1 |
amity
1 use
For your part, To you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony; Our arms in strength of amity, and our hearts Of brothers' temper, do receive you in With all kind love, good thoughts, and reverence.†
amity = a state of friendly relations
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.1 |
appease
1 use
be patient till we have appeased the multitude
appeased = pacified (made less angry or upset)
Definition
Generally appease means:satisfy or pacify (make less angry or upset) — typically by giving something wanted
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 3 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.1 |
censure
1 use
censure me in your wisdom
censure = correct (criticize)
Definition
Generally censure means:harsh criticism; or formal criticism from an organization — such as the U.S. Senate
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 3.2 |
choleric
2 uses
All this? ay, more: fret till your proud heart break; Go show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble.†
choleric = easily moved to anger; or characterized by anger
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.3 |
countenance
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
a pleasant countenance
Be not deceived: if I have veil'd my look,
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. ...
I turn the trouble of my countenance
Merely upon myself. ...
countenance = facial expression
Definition
Generally this sense of countenance means:facial expression; or face; or composure or manner
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.2 |
covet
1 use
Brutus grows so covetous
covetous = to strongly want (something — especially something that belongs to others)
Definition
Generally covet means:to strongly want (something—especially something that belongs to another)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 4 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 4.3 |
emulate
1 use
the teeth of emulation
emulation = imitation (in this case, by those who are jealous; i.e., the bite of jealous rivals)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
Definition
Generally emulate means:imitate (copy)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 2.3 |
endure
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
endured the pain
we can both endure the winter's cold as well as he
endure = suffer through
Definition
Generally this sense of endure means:to suffer through (or put up with something difficult or unpleasant)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 18 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Scene 1.2 |
establish
1 use
1 —1 use as in:
establish a positive tone
Indeed they say the senators to-morrow
Mean to establish Caesar as a king;
And he shall wear his crown by sea and land,
In every place save here in Italy.
Mean to establish Caesar as a king;
And he shall wear his crown by sea and land,
In every place save here in Italy.
establish = make
Definition
Generally this sense of establish means:create, start, or set in [a] place
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 25 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 100 |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
exeunt
27 uses
[Exeunt all but Antony.]
exeunt = stage direction: characters exit from stage
Word Statistics
| Book | 27 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.1 |
flourish (2 meanings)
2 meanings, 4 uses
1 —1 use as in:
the business is flourishing
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us.
flourish'd = grew
Definition
Generally this sense of flourish means:to thrive (grow or develop well)
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 2000 |
| 1st use | Scene 3.2 |
2 —3 uses as in:
dismissed them with a flourish
[A crowd of people in the street leading to the Capitol, among them Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter Caesar, Brutus, ..., and others.]
flourish = fanfare played by trumpets to announce the entry or exit of royalty
(editor's note: Today, flourish more commonly refers to any showy gesture.)
(editor's note: Today, flourish more commonly refers to any showy gesture.)
Definition
Generally this sense of flourish means:a showy gesture
or:
the act of waving — a hand or an item
or:
the act of waving — a hand or an item
Word Statistics
| Book | 3 uses |
| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 2000 |
| 1st use | Scene 1.2 |
imminent
1 use
evils imminent
imminent = about to occur
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 5 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 2.2 |
indifferent
2 uses
And dangers are to me indifferent.
indifferent = of no concern
Definition
Generally indifferent means:without interest
in various senses, including:
- unconcerned — as in "She is indifferent to what is served to eat."
- unsympathetic — as in "She is indifferent to his needs."
- not of good quality (which may imply average or poor quality depending upon context) — as in "an indifferent performance"
- impartial — as in "We need a judge who is indifferent."
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 15 uses in 10 avg bks |
| SAT®* | top 1000 |
| 1st use | Scene 1.2 |
portent
1 use
And these does she apply for warnings and portents
And evils imminent; and on her knee
Hath begg'd that I will stay at home to-day.
And evils imminent; and on her knee
Hath begg'd that I will stay at home to-day.
portents = signs of something to come (in Shakespeare's day, more specifically referring to signs indicating the approach of evil or calamity)
Definition
Generally portent means:a sign of something about to happen
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 2.2 |
prodigious
1 use
prodigious grown
prodigious = huge (far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree)
Definition
Generally prodigious means:enormous; or far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 2 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.3 |
servile
1 use
keep us all in servile fearfulness
servile = slave-like
Definition
Generally servile means:submissive — typically excessively so (so submissive or eager to serve and please that one seems to have no self-respect)
or:
relating to the work that requires obeying demeaning commands
or:
slave-like or relating to slaves
or:
relating to the work that requires obeying demeaning commands
or:
slave-like or relating to slaves
Word Statistics
| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.1 |
soothsayer
7 uses
A soothsayer bids you beware the Ides of March.
soothsayer = someone who is supposed to have the super-natural ability to tell what will happen in the future
(editor's note: the Ides of March is march 15th)
(editor's note: the Ides of March is march 15th)
Word Statistics
| Book | 7 uses |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 1.2 |
spurn
2 uses
It must be by his death: and, for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, But for the general.†
spurn = reject as not good enough
Word Statistics
| Book | 2 uses |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
| 1st use | Scene 2.1 |