Act I
1. Scene i, Line 117 - The westward rooteth from the city's side
-I thought that maybe rooteth meant that it was kind of like an ally on the westside.
Definition - Merriam Webster cannot define the word, but defined another word - rootage - a developed system of roots
Prediction - I am still unsure what this word means because the dictionary couldn't define it. I do not know whether my prediction was correct.
2. Scene i, Line 135 - Black and portentous must this humour prove
-I think this word means mysterious because its description is black
Definition - eliciting amazement or wonder
Prediction - My prediction of this word was incorrect.
3. Scene ii, Line 104 - But to rejoice in splendour of my own
-I think the word means splendid because the two words are similar.
Definition - chiefly British variant of
Prediction - My prediction was incorrect because the word does not fit into the sentence.
4. Scene iii, Line 94 - Examine every married lineament
-I think the word means descendants from the same family
Definition - a distinguishing or characteristic feature
Prediction - My prediction was wrong.
5. Scene iv, Line 88 Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades
-I think it is a kind of weapon or armor
Definition - No exact definition but the dictionary defined ambuscade, which is to place in ambush
Prediction - I am unsure whether my prediction was right or wrong.
Act II
1. Scene iii, Line 33 - What early tongue so sweet saluteth me
-I think the word means whose tongue greets me so early.
Defintion - No exact definition but the dictionary defined saluted, which means to address with expressions of kind wishes
Prediction - I do not know whether my prediction was correct or incorrect.
2. Scene iv, Line 26 - The pox of such antic, lisping, affecting fantasticoes; these
-I think the word means fantasies because of the similarity of the two words.
Definition - plural word for fantastic
Prediction - My prediction was wrong.
3. Scene iv, Line 79 - great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble
-I think the words means true intentions
Definition - a fools scepter
Prediction - My prediction was incorrect.
4. Scene iv, Line 133 - I'll find those that shall. Scurvy knave! I am none of his
-I think the word means a person who plays tricks
Definition - a tricky deceitful fellow
Prediction - I was correct.
5. Scene iv, Line 134 - flirt-gills; I am none of his skains-mates, -And thou must stand
-I think it means friend
Definition - No definition
Prediction - I do not know if it is correct.
Act III
1. Scene i, Line107 - Thy beauty hath made me effiminate
-I think it means to become softer.
Definition - having feminine qualities untypical of a man
Prediction - I was partly correct, I knew what the line meant but not the definition of the word.
2. Scene ii, Line 7 - Lovers can see to do their amorous rites
-I think it means being in love.
Definition - strongly moved by love and especially sexual love
Prediction - I was correct.
3. Scene ii, Line 49 - than the death-darting eye of cockatrice.
-I think it relates to an animal.
Definition - a legendary serpent that is hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg and that has a deadly glance
Prediction - I was partly correct.
4. Scene ii, Line 124 - Which modern lamentation might have movd.
-I think it is an action done by someone
Definition - an act or instance of lamenting
Prediction - I was partly correct.
5. Scene iii, Line 2 - Affliction is enanmourd of thy parts.
-I think it means that it is not felt.
Definition - No exact definition of the word but definition was given for enamour, which means chiefly British variant of enamor.
Prediction - I'm not sure if my prediction is correct.
Act IV
1. Scene i, Line 12 - To stop the inundation of her tears;
-I think it means nonstop because she is crying.
Definition - to cover with a flood; overflow
Prediction - I was correct
2. Scene i, Line 40 - My leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now
-I think it means lonely
Definition - suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
Prediction - I was correct.
3. Scene ii, Line 15 - A peevish self-willd harlotry it is
-I think it means hatred.
Definition - prostitution
Prediction - I was incorrect.
4. Scene iii, Line 3 - For I have need of many orisons
-I think it means prayers.
Definition - prayer
Prediction - I was correct.
5. Scene iii, Line 43 - As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,
-I think it means something valuable
Definition - container
Prediction - I was incorrect because a vault is a kind of container.
Act V
1. Scene i, Line 54 - Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him
-I think it means a poor person
Definition - being base, cowardly, or despicable
Prediction - I was incorrect.
2. Scene i, Line 62 - Hold, there is forty ducats: let me have
-I think it means dollars.
Definition - gold coins
Prediction - I was correct.
3. Scene ii, Line 13 - Where the infectious pestilence did reign,
-I think it means being a pest.
Definition - a contagious or infectious disease that is virulent and devastating
Prediction - I was incorrect.
4. Scene ii, Line 38 - Poor living corse closd in a dead mans tomb
-I think it means a living man.
Definition - a corpse
Prediction - I understood the line but not the word.
5. Scene iii, Line 68 - I do defy thy conjurations
-I think it relates to an appeal.
Definition - a solemn appeal; incantation
Prediction - I was correct.
