Empire, 1) supreme power, sovereignty: All's I, 1, 72. Ant. I, 2, 192. III, 6, 66. V, 1, 43. “that beasts may have the world in e.” Tim. IV, 3, 393.
2) the territory and dominion of an emperor: H6B I, 1, 153. Tit. I, 183. Tit. I, 183 Ant. I, 1, 34. IV, 2, 22. Cymb. V, 5, 461. “a maid too virtuous for the contempt of e.” All's III, 2, 34 (i. e. of an emperor).
3) any dominion: R3 IV, 4, 471. Hml. l, 1, 119. Hml. III, 4, 99. Per. II, 1, 54.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a high level of accuracy.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
