The Merry Wives of Windsor
Vocabulary

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For the which I will be thy adversary toward Anne Page: said I well?†

adversary = opponent

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Why, it is affectations.†

affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression

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Albeit I will confess thy father's wealth Was the first motive that I wooed thee, Anne: Yet, wooing thee, I found thee of more value Than stamps in gold, or sums in sealed bags; And 'tis the very riches of thyself That now I aim at.†

albeit = although

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If opportunity and humblest suit Cannot attain it, why then,—hark you hither.†

attain = gain or reach something with effort

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If I find her honest, I lose not my labour; if she be otherwise, 'tis labour well bestowed.†

bestowed = gave

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] My husband will not rejoice so much at the abuse of Falstaff as he will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter; but 'tis no matter; better a little chiding than a great deal of heart break.†

chiding = scolding or criticizing

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Now thus it rests: Her father means she shall be all in white; And in that habit, when Slender sees his time To take her by the hand and bid her go, She shall go with him: her mother hath intended The better to denote her to the doctor,— For they must all be mask'd and vizarded— That quaint in green she shall be loose enrob'd, With ribands pendent, flaring 'bout her head; And when the doctor spies his vantage ripe, To pinch her by the hand: and, on that token, The maid hath given...†

denote = means literally; or indicates

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You dissembling knight!†

dissembling = deceiving (hiding or disguising the truth without outright lying)

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She shall not see me; I will ensconce me behind the arras.†

ensconce = fixed firmly; or settled comfortably

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[Exeunt CAIUS and RUGBY.]

exeunt = stage direction:  characters exit from stage

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I will tell you: he beat me grievously in the shape of a woman; for in the shape of man, Master Brook, I fear not Goliath with a weaver's beam, because I know also life is a shuttle.†

grievously = very serious; or very bad; or causing grief

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Have you importuned her to such a purpose?

importuned = begged

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You jack'nape; give-a dis letter to Sir Hugh; by gar, it is a shallenge: I will cut his troat in de Park; and I will teach a scurvy jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make.†

meddle = interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)

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I shall be rather praised for this than mocked;

mocked = made fun of

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By gar, me tank you for dat: by gar, I love you; and I shall procure-a you de good guest, de earl, de knight, de lords, de gentlemen, my patients.†

procure = get by special effort

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If it be confessed, it is not redressed: is not that so, Master Page?†

redressed = fix a problem; or make up for a wrong

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The rogues slighted me into the river with as little remorse as...

remorse = feeling of regret for doing something that was wrong

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SLENDER
... I will marry her; that
I am freely dissolved, and dissolutely.

SIR HUGH EVANS
It is a fery discretion answer; save the fall is in
the ort 'dissolutely:' the ort is, according to our
meaning, 'resolutely.' his meaning is good.

resolutely = with firm purpose or belief

(editor's note:  Slender meant to say the missing word when he said dissolutely.)

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