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  1. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
    (Macbeth, 1.3.139–142) harbinger I'll be myself the harbinger and make joyful The hearing of my wife with your approach; So humbly take my leave.
  2. brandish
    move or swing back and forth
    (Ross, 4.3.164–169) brandish Thou wast born of woman But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.
  3. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
    (Macbeth, 1.4.45–47) beguile Your face, my thane, is as a book where men May read strange matters.
  4. clamorous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
    (Macduff, 5.8.54–55) clamorous Make all our trumpets speak; give them all breath, Those clamorous harbingers of blood and death.
  5. usurper
    one who wrongfully seizes and holds the place of another
    (Macbeth, 5.7.12–14) usurper Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where stands The usurper's cursed head….
  6. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    (Macbeth, 2.1.37–41) infirm Infirm of purpose!
  7. rend
    tear or be torn violently
    (Macbeth, 3.1.86–88) rend Alas, poor country… Where sighs and groans and shrieks that rend the air Are made, not mark'd.
  8. predominant
    having superior power or influence
    (Lady Macbeth, 2.2.52–53) predominant Do you find Your patience so predominant in your nature That you can let this go?
  9. surmise
    infer from incomplete evidence
    (First Witch, 1.3.24¬¬¬–26) surmise My thought, whose murder yet is but fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man that function Is smothered in surmise, and nothing is But what is not.
  10. palpable
    capable of being perceived
    (Lady Macbeth, 1.5.68–71) palpable …A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
  11. tempest
    a violent commotion or disturbance
    Repellant Alliteration tempest Though his bark cannot be lost, Yet it shall be tempest-tossed.
  12. sovereign
    a nation's ruler usually by hereditary right
    (Lady Macbeth, 1.5.64–65) sovereign …you shall put This night's great business into my dispatch; Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.
Created on Tue Apr 23 09:13:01 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Apr 23 12:24:49 EDT 2013)

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