All 3 Uses of
constant
in
King Lear
- —Our son of Cornwall, And you, our no less loving son of Albany, We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now.†
Scene 1.1 *
- Such unconstant starts are we like to have from him as this of Kent's banishment.†
Scene 1.1unconstant = likely to changestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconstant means not and reverses the meaning of constant. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Know of the duke if his last purpose hold, Or whether since he is advis'd by aught To change the course: he's full of alteration And self-reproving:—bring his constant pleasure.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly