PROOF. And with thy blessings steel my lance's point. That lowliness is young ambition's ladder. Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. And that I see, in passages of proof, Time qualifies the spark and fire of it. Hamlet, iv. 7. Out of your proof you speak; we, poor unfledg'd, Have never wing'd from view o' the nest, nor know not Troilus and Cressida, ii. 2. All sorts of hearts. PROPENSION. Propensity; inclination. But I attest the gods, your full consent Troilus and Cressida, ii. 2. PROPER. Handsome ; personable; good looking; pure; Ay, by my beard, will we; His voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and shake the orb, He was as rattling thunder. Antony and Cleopatra, v. 2. PROPHESYING. Prophetic; prescient. She had a prophesying fear Of what hath come to pass. Two Gentlemen of Verona, iv. 1 Antony and Cleopatra, iv. 14. For he's a proper man. And bid her steal into the pleached bower, Much Ado about Nothing, iii. 1. TO PROPOSE. To suppose; to Be now the father, and propose a son; Henry 4, P. 2, v. 2. There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice Thou art sworn, Eros, Othello, i. 1. All's well that ends well, ii. 1. Protestation. PROTRACTIVE. Continued; protracted; length- | To PULL IN RESOLUTION. ened. And call them shames, which are, indeed, naught else But the protractive trials of great Jove. Troilus and Cressida, i. 3. To waver; to lose confidence; to be dismayed. I pull in resolution; and begin Macbeth, v. 5. O most gentle pulpiter !—what tedious homily of love have you wearied your parishioners withal, and never cried, "Have patience, good people!" you like it, iii. 2. TO PROVIDE. To prepare beforehand; to be PULSIDGE. ready. Lest it should ravel and be good to none, You must provide to bottom it on me. PROVINCIAL. The pulse. As Your pulsidge beats as extraordinarily as heart would desire. Henry 4, P. 2, ii. 4. Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 2. TO PUN. Accountable. To pound; to beat. He would pun thee into shivers with his fist, as a sailor breaks a biscuit. Troilus and Cressida, ii. 1. PURCHASE. Booty; plunder. Where is the provost ?-Here, if it like your honour. Measure for Measure, ii. 1. To PRUNE. To dress; to trim; to sleek; to smooth. When shall you see me write a thing in rhyme ? Love's Labour's lost, iv. 3. TO PURCHASE. To acquire by other means Henry 4, P. 1, i. 1. His royal bird Henry 4, P. 2, iv. 4. His faults, in him, seem as the spots of heaven More fiery by night's blackness; hereditary Rather than purchas'd. Antony and Cleopatra, i. 4. Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling. As you like it, iii. 2. With die and drab I purchased this caparison. Winter's Tale, iv. 2. PURGATION. Exculpation; proof; trial. Proceed in justice; which shall have due course, Even to the guilt or the purgation. Winter's Tale, iii. 2. If any man doubt that, let him put me to my purgation. As you like it, v. 4. For, for me to put him to his purgation would perhaps plunge him into far more choler. Winter's Tale, iv. 2. Hamlet, iii. 2. That with such vehemency he should pursue Faults proper to himself. Measure for Measure, v. 1. PURSUIVANT. A state messenger. Take this fellow in, and send for his master with a pursuivant presently. Henry 6, P. 2, i. 3. PUSH. Proof; trial; emergency. We'll put the matter to the present push. Hamlet, v. 1. PUSH. Pshaw; pish. PYRENEAN. PUTTER-ON. An instigator; an inciter. Wherein, Winter's Tale, ii. 1. PUTTING-ON. Suggestion; intimation; notice. Winter's Tale, v. 3. Push! did you see my cap? TO PUT A GIRDLE ROUND. circle. Your hearts I'll stamp out with my horse's heels. Henry 6, P. 1, i. 4. |