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  1. doomsday
    (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  2. moiety
    one of two approximately equal parts
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  3. mote
    a tiny piece of anything
    A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye.
  4. invulnerable
    immune to attack; impregnable
    We do it wrong, being so majestical,
    To offer it the show of violence;
    For it is, as the air, invulnerable,
    And our vain blows malicious mockery.
  5. bode
    indicate by signs
    In what particular thought to work I know not;
    But, in the gross and scope of my opinion,
    This bodes some strange eruption to our state.
  6. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  7. extort
    obtain by coercion or intimidation
    Or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life
    Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
    For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death,
    [The cock crows.]
  8. russet
    a reddish brown homespun fabric
    But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,
    Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill:
    Break we our watch up: and by my advice,
    Let us impart what we have seen to-night
    Unto young Hamlet; for, upon my life,
    This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him:
    Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it,
    As needful in our loves, fitting our duty?
  9. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  10. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  11. mettle
    the courage to carry on
    Now, sir, young Fortinbras,
    Of unimproved mettle hot and full,
    Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there,
    Shark'd up a list of lawless resolutes,
    For food and diet, to some enterprise
    That hath a stomach in't; which is no other,--
    As it doth well appear unto our state,--
    But to recover of us, by strong hand,
    And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands
    So by his father lost: and this, I take it,
    Is the main motive of our preparations,
    The source of this our watch, and th...
  12. precede
    be earlier in time
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  13. prologue
    an introductory section of a novel or other literary work
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  14. err
    make a mistake
    I have heard
    The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
    Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
    Awake the god of day; and at his warning,
    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies
    To his confine: and of the truth herein
    This present object made probation.
  15. probation
    a trial period during which one's abilities are tested
    I have heard
    The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
    Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
    Awake the god of day; and at his warning,
    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies
    To his confine: and of the truth herein
    This present object made probation.
  16. gage
    place a bet on
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  17. observant
    quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
    Mar.
    Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows,
    Why this same strict and most observant watch
    So nightly toils the subject of the land;
    And why such daily cast of brazen cannon,
    And foreign mart for implements of war;
    Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task
    Does not divide the Sunday from the week;
    What might be toward, that this sweaty haste
    Doth make the night joint-labourer with the day:
    Who is't that can inform me?
  18. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
    Mar.
    Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows,
    Why this same strict and most observant watch
    So nightly toils the subject of the land;
    And why such daily cast of brazen cannon,
    And foreign mart for implements of war;
    Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task
    Does not divide the Sunday from the week;
    What might be toward, that this sweaty haste
    Doth make the night joint-labourer with the day:
    Who is't that can inform me?
  19. dew
    water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  20. eruption
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge
    In what particular thought to work I know not;
    But, in the gross and scope of my opinion,
    This bodes some strange eruption to our state.
  21. forfeit
    lose the right to or lose by some error, offense, or crime
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  22. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  23. Norway
    a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  24. stalk
    a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant
    Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
    With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
  25. brazen
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
    Mar.
    Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows,
    Why this same strict and most observant watch
    So nightly toils the subject of the land;
    And why such daily cast of brazen cannon,
    And foreign mart for implements of war;
    Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task
    Does not divide the Sunday from the week;
    What might be toward, that this sweaty haste
    Doth make the night joint-labourer with the day:
    Who is't that can inform me?
  26. womb
    a hollow muscular organ in which a developing fetus grows
    Or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life
    Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
    For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death,
    [The cock crows.]
  27. lawless
    without order or control
    Now, sir, young Fortinbras,
    Of unimproved mettle hot and full,
    Hath in the skirts of Norway, here and there,
    Shark'd up a list of lawless resolutes,
    For food and diet, to some enterprise
    That hath a stomach in't; which is no other,--
    As it doth well appear unto our state,--
    But to recover of us, by strong hand,
    And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands
    So by his father lost: and this, I take it,
    Is the main motive of our preparations,
    The source of this our watch, and th...
  28. partisan
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
    Mar.
    Shall I strike at it with my partisan?
  29. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  30. Saviour
    a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
    Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
    Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
    The bird of dawning singeth all night long;
    And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad;
    The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
    No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm;
    So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
  31. impart
    bestow a quality on
    But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,
    Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill:
    Break we our watch up: and by my advice,
    Let us impart what we have seen to-night
    Unto young Hamlet; for, upon my life,
    This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him:
    Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it,
    As needful in our loves, fitting our duty?
  32. privy
    informed about something secret or not generally known
    If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
    Speak to me:
    If there be any good thing to be done,
    That may to thee do ease, and, race to me,
    Speak to me:
    If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
    Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
    O, speak!
  33. confine
    place limits on
    I have heard
    The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
    Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
    Awake the god of day; and at his warning,
    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies
    To his confine: and of the truth herein
    This present object made probation.
  34. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
    We do it wrong, being so majestical,
    To offer it the show of violence;
    For it is, as the air, invulnerable,
    And our vain blows malicious mockery.
  35. martial
    suggesting war or military life
    Thus twice before, and jump at this dead hour,
    With martial stalk hath he gone by our watch.
  36. trumpet
    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone
    I have heard
    The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
    Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
    Awake the god of day; and at his warning,
    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies
    To his confine: and of the truth herein
    This present object made probation.
  37. valiant
    having or showing heroism or courage
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by ...
  38. illusion
    an erroneous mental representation
    illusion!
  39. extravagant
    recklessly wasteful
    I have heard
    The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
    Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat
    Awake the god of day; and at his warning,
    Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,
    The extravagant and erring spirit hies
    To his confine: and of the truth herein
    This present object made probation.
  40. haste
    overly eager speed and possible carelessness
    Mar.
    Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that knows,
    Why this same strict and most observant watch
    So nightly toils the subject of the land;
    And why such daily cast of brazen cannon,
    And foreign mart for implements of war;
    Why such impress of shipwrights, whose sore task
    Does not divide the Sunday from the week;
    What might be toward, that this sweaty haste
    Doth make the night joint-labourer with the day:
    Who is't that can inform me?
  41. scope
    the state of the environment in which a situation exists
    In what particular thought to work I know not;
    But, in the gross and scope of my opinion,
    This bodes some strange eruption to our state.
  42. clad
    having an outer covering especially of thin metal
    But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad,
    Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill:
    Break we our watch up: and by my advice,
    Let us impart what we have seen to-night
    Unto young Hamlet; for, upon my life,
    This spirit, dumb to us, will speak to him:
    Do you consent we shall acquaint him with it,
    As needful in our loves, fitting our duty?
  43. inheritance
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
    Our last king,
    Whose image even but now appear'd to us,
    Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
    Thereto prick'd on by a most emulate pride,
    Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet,--
    For so this side of our known world esteem'd him,--
    Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a seal'd compact,
    Well ratified by law and heraldry,
    Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands,
    Which he stood seiz'd of, to the conqueror:
    Against the which, a moiety competent
    Was gaged by our kin...
  44. blast
    a sudden, loud sound
    I'll cross it, though it blast me.--Stay,
  45. empire
    the domain ruled by a single authoritative sovereign
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
  46. fierce
    marked by extreme and violent energy
    In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
    A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
    The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead
    Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets;
    As, stars with trains of fire and dews of blood,
    Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,
    Upon whose influence Neptune's empire stands,
    Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse:
    And even the like precurse of fierce events,--
    As harbingers preceding still the fates,
    And prologue to the omen coming on,-...
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