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A Shakespeare Glossary

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I

    • Ice-brook

    • an icy-cold brook

    • I'fecks

    • int. in faith, a euphemism

    • Ignomy

    • ignominy

    • Image

    • representation

    • Imbare

    • to bare, lay open

    • Immediacy

    • close connexion

    • Immoment

    • unimportant

    • Imp

    • to graft. to splice a falcon's broken feathers

    • Imp

    • a scion, a child

    • Impawn

    • to stake, compromise

    • Impeach

    • to bring into question

    • Impeach

    • impeachment

    • Impeachment

    • cause of censure, hindrance

    • Imperceiverant

    • duff of perception

    • Impeticos

    • to pocket

    • Importance

    • importunity

    • Important

    • importunate

    • Importing

    • significant

    • Impose

    • imposition, meaning command or task imposed
      upon any one

    • Impositions

    • command

    • Imprese

    • a device with a motto

    • Impress

    • to compel to serve

    • Incapable

    • unconscious

    • Incarnardine

    • to dye red

    • Incensed

    • incited, egged on

    • Inch-meal

    • by inch-meal, by portions of inches

    • Inclining

    • compliant

    • Inclining

    • inclination

    • Inclip

    • to embrace

    • Include

    • conclude

    • Incony

    • fine, delicate

    • Incorrect

    • ill-regulated

    • Ind

    • India

    • Indent

    • to compound or bargain

    • Index

    • a preface

    • Indifferent

    • ordinary

    • Indigest

    • disordered

    • Indite

    • to invite
      To convict

    • Induction

    • introduction, beginning

    • Indurance

    • delay

    • Infinite

    • infinite power

    • Ingraft

    • to engraff, engrafted

    • Inhabitable

    • uninhabitable

    • Inherit

    • to possess

    • Inhooped

    • penned up in hoops

    • Inkhorn-mate

    • a contemptuous term for an ecclesiastic, or man
      of learning

    • Inkle

    • a kind of narrow fillet or tape

    • Inland

    • civilized, well-educated

    • Inly

    • inward

    • Inly

    • inwardly

    • Inquisition

    • enquiry

    • Insane

    • that which causes insanity

    • Insconce

    • to arm, fortify

    • Instance

    • example
      Information
      Reason, proof

    • Intend

    • to pretend

    • Intending

    • regarding

    • Intendment

    • intention

    • Intentively

    • attentively

    • Interessed

    • allied

    • Intermission

    • pause, delay

    • Intrenchment

    • not capable of being cut

    • Intrinse

    • intricate

    • Intrinsicate

    • intricate

    • Invention

    • imagination

    • Inward

    • an intimate friend
      intimate

    • Inwardness

    • intimacy

    • Irregulous

    • lawless, licentious

    • Iteration

    • reiteration