Something (sómething and somethíng). 1) indef. pron.; a certain thing, or a certain quantity: “to the most of praise add s. more,” Sonn. 85, 10. “hold that nothing me a s. sweet to thee,” 136, 12. “s. rich and strange,” Tp. I, 2, 401. III, 3, 94. IV, 126. Wiv. III, 3, 75. IV, 2, 75. Meas. IV, 2, 99. Err II, 2, 52. Err II, 2, 52 III, 1, 69. LLL I, 1, 99. IV, 3, 121. Mids. I, 1, 126. V, 26. Merch. III, 2, 4. 183 “(every s.).” III, 5, 86. IV, 1, 305. As I, 1, 18. I, 3, 129. III, 2, 433. All's III, 5, 92 etc. etc. “nothing hath begot my s. grief,” R2 II, 2, 36 (i. e. existing, but of uncertain nature); cf. “this s. settled matter in his heart,” Hml. III, 1, 181 (M. Edd. something-settled).
2) adv. in some measure, somewhat, rather, a little: “s. stained,” Tp. I, 2, 414. “I prattle s. too wildly,” III, 1, 58. “my will is s. sorted with his wish,” Gent. I, 3, 63. “s. peevish,” Wiv. I, 4, 14. “hath s. emboldened me,” II, 2, 173. IV, 6, 22. Meas. I, 1, 62. I, 2, 78. II, 4, 119. III, 2, 104. Ado II, 1, 305. LLL IV, 2, 56. Mids. III, 2, 304. IV, 1, 187. Merch. I, 1, 124. Merch. I, 1, 124 II, 2, 18. II, 2, 18 II, 3, 14 (Ff somewhat). As II, 4, 63. III, 2, 359. III, 4, 9. Shr. II, 184. V, 2, 54. All's I, 3, 125. Wint. I, 2, 147. II, 2, 25. II, 2, 25 IV, 4, 417. V, 1, 142. John II, 396. H4B I, 2, 212 (with a white head and s. a round belly; cf. Merch. I, 1, 124 and R3 I, 2, 116). IV, 2, 80. H5 IV, 1, 216. V, 1, 91. H6C II, 2, 166. R3 I, 2, 116 (Qq somewhat). Cor. II, 1, 54. Tit. II, 3, 156. Tim. IV, 3, 55. Mcb. III, 1, 132. Hml. I, 3, 121 (Ff somewhat). Lr. I, 1, 21. Ant. IV, 8, 20 etc.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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