Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Look, vb. 1) to use the eye, to set the organ of seeing to work: “she dares not l.” Lucr. 458. “the glass, the school, the book, where subjects' eyes do learn, do read, do l.” Lucr. 458 “l. that way,” Wiv. III, 1, 9. “which way --s he?” Ado I, 3, 55 (who is she whom he has in view?). “you l. with your eyes as other women do,” III, 4, 92. “I would my father --ed but with my eyes,” Mids. I, 1, 56. “love --s not with the eyes, but with the mind,” Mids. I, 1, 56 “the moon --s with a watery eye,” III, 1, 203. “the sternest eyes that l.” Merch. II, 1, 27. “my eyes can l. as swift as yours,” III, 2, 199. “every eye which in this forest --s,” As III, 2, 7. “I'll l. no more,” Lr. IV, 6, 22 etc. “such looks as none could l.” Pilgr. 46 (accus. denoting the effect). “eyes, l. your last,” Rom. V, 3, 112 (cf. Last). Hence often == to see: “l. who's at door there,” H4B V, 3, 74. “l. with thine ears,” Lr. IV, 6, 154. “I l. through thee,” All's II, 3, 226 (== I see through thee). “--s quite through the deeds of men,” Caes. I, 2, 202. Oftenest in the imperative: “l., he's winding up the watch,” Tp. II, 1, 12. l. how well my garments sit upon me, 272 (cf. How). “l. what a wardrobe here is for thee,” IV, 222. “O l., sir, l., sir,” V, 216. Gent. I, 2, 109. Mids. I, 1, 179. Hml. I, 4, 38 etc. “l. where he comes,” Meas. I, 1, 25. “l. where thy love comes,” Mids. III, 2, 176 (cf. Where). “l. who comes yonder,” Wiv. II, 1, 162. The personal pronoun joined to it: “l. thee here, boy,” Wint. III, 3, 116 (thee == thou). “l. you, sir, here is the hand and seal of the duke,” Meas. IV, 2, 207. “l. you, how cheerfully my mother --s,” Hml. III, 2, 132. Used to lay some stress on what one is going to say: “l., what is best, that best I wish in thee,” Sonn. 37, 13. “l., what thy memory cannot contain, commit to these waste blanks,” 77, 9. “l., what thou wantest, shall be sent after thee,” Gent. I, 3, 74. “l., what I will not, that I cannot do,” Meas. II, 2, 52. Err. II, 1, 12. Ado I, 1, 320. Merch. III, 4, 51. Shr. IV, 3, 194. All's I, 3, 182. R2 I, 1, 87. H4A I, 3, 253. R3 I, 3, 290. III, 1, 194. IV, 4, 291 etc. l. thee, used in the same manner: Gent. II, 5, 30. Cor. V, 2, 77. “l. you:” Tp. IV, 202. Gent. II, 3, 14. Gent. II, 3, 14 III, 1, 261. III, 1, 261 IV, 4, 2. Wiv. I, 1, 38. I, 4, 100. II, 2, 129. Meas. IV, 3, 44. LLL V, 2, 585. Merch. I, 3, 138. III, 5, 1. As III, 2, 20. V, 2, 18. Shr. I, 2, 77. H4A I, 3, 239. Cor. I, 1, 113. Rom. III, 4, 3. Hml. I, 5, 132 etc.
With adverbs or prepositions (never with at; cf. Gaze), == to use the eye in a particular direction, to cast the eye to or from an object; a) with adverbs; after: “--ing before and after,” Hml. IV, 4, 37 (== into the past). “go, l. after,” Cymb. III, 5, 55 (seek, inquire). about: “how it --s about,” Tp. I, 2, 410 (== in all directions). “l. about, Davy,” H4B V, 1, 59 (== take care, do your office). “be wary, l. about,” Rom. III, 5, 40 (be on your guard). “'tis time to l. about,” Lr. IV, 7, 93. back: “l. back, defend thee,” R3 III, 5, 19. “my thoughts shall ne'er l. back,” Oth. III, 3, 458. “--ing back what I have left behind,” Ant. III, 11, 53 (is this == bringing back by my look?). “before,” Hml. IV, 4, 37. “behind:” Oth. II, 1, 158. down: “l. down, you gods,” Tp. V, 201. “the gods l. down,” Cor. V, 3, 184. in: “l. in,” Tp. V, 167. l. but in (viz the brook) “and you shall see him,” As III, 2, 305. “let us l. in,” H6A I, 4, 62. on: while idly I stood --ing on (== was an idle spectator) Shr. I, 1, 155; cf. Troil. V, 4, 2. Rom. I, 4, 38. “the selfsame sun hides not his visage from our cottage but --s on alike,” Wint. IV, 4, 457 (regards both with the same eye). out: “l. out there, some of ye,” H8 I, 4, 50 (see what is the matter at the door). “l. out and speak to friends,” Tim. V, 1, 131. “thy crystal window ope, l. out,” Cymb. V, 4, 81. “up:” Gent. V, 4, 87. Ado IV, 1, 120. R2 V, 1, 8. Lr. IV, 6, 58. Lr. IV, 6, 58 == to take courage: “dear, l. up,” Wint. V, 1, 215. “cheer up yourself, l. up,” H4B IV, 4, 113. “only l. up clear,” Mcb. I, 5, 72. “then I'll l. up; my fault is past,” Hml. III, 3, 50. upon (== to be a spectator, a looker-on): “strike all that l. upon with marvel,” Wint. V, 3, 100. “all of you that stand and l. upon,” R2 IV, 237 (Ff upon me). “and l. upon, as if the tragedy were played in jest,” H6C II, 3, 27. “I will not l. upon,” Troil. V, 6, 10.
b) with prepositions; 1) about; α) == to cast the eye around: “master, l. about you,” Shr. I, 2, 141. “l. about you,” All's IV, 3, 348. β) to be on the watch: Caes. II, 3, 7. “l. with care about the town,” Oth. II, 3, 255. 2) after; α) to follow with the eye: “l. after him and cannot do him good,” H6B III, 1, 219. β) to take care of: “go, l. after him,” Tw. I, 5, 144. Mcb. V, 1, 83. γ) to care for: “will they yet l. after thee?” Wiv. II, 2, 146. “all those requisites that folly and green minds l. after,” Oth. II, 1, 251. “nobody l. after it,” Per. II, 1, 59. δ) to keep in the eye, to have an eye upon: “is lechery so --ed after?” Meas. I, 2, 148. 3) against: “she is too bright to be --ed against,” Wiv. II, 2, 254. 4) beyond: “you l. beyond him quite,” H4B IV, 4, 67 (you misjudge him). 5) for; α) to strive to see, to seek: “whose downward eye still--eth for a grave,” Ven. 1106. “which way have you --ed for Master Caius?” Wiv. III, 1, 3. “I --ed for the chalky cliffs,” Err. III, 2, 129. “--s for rescue,” H6A IV, 4, 19. “l. to heaven for grace,” I, 4, 83. “l. for thy reward among the nettles,” Tit. II, 3, 271. β) to expect with impatience, to wish for: “she hotter that did l. for his approach,” Pilgr. 77. “he in his speed --s for the morning light,” Lucr. 745. “she --s for night, and then she longs for morrow,” Lucr. 745 “telling the bushes that thou --est for wars,” Mids. III, 2, 408. “now is the day we long have --ed for,” Shr. II, 335. “if this be not that you l. for, I have no more to say,” IV, 4, 96. “to cross me from the golden time I l. for,” H6C III, 2, 127. “young bloods l. for a time of rest,” Caes. IV, 3, 262. “and waste the time which --s for other revels,” Per. II, 3, 93. γ) to expect in general: “I will proclaim thee, Angelo, l. for it,” Meas. II, 4, 151. “I l. for an earthquake, too, then,” Ado I, 1, 275. “l. you for any other issue?” II, 2, 30. “on this travail l. for greater birth,” IV, 1, 215. “we l. for you to-morrow,” V, 1, 338. Sonn. 23, 11. LLL I, 1, 281. As III, 5, 97. Shr. IV, 2, 116. IV, 4, 16. R2 IV, 161. H4A IV, 2, 63. IV, 3, 3. V, 4, 22. R3 I, 3, 237. II, 3, 34. III, 2, 65. III, 5, 50. III, 5, 50 H8 III, 1, 75. V, 4, 10. Oth. III, 4, 149. Cymb. III, 1, 67 etc. 6) from (to turn the eye off): “Tyre, I now l. from thee,” Per. I, 2, 115. 7) in: “l. in thy glass,” Sonn. 3, 1; 103, 6; Meas. II, 2, 95; H5 V, 2, 154; H6B V, 1, 142. “l. in the almanac,” Mids. III, 1, 54. “l. in the calendar,” Caes. II, 1, 42. “l. in the chronicles,” Shr. Ind. 1, 4. “in the maps,” H5 IV, 7, 24. “l. in thy last work,” Tim. I, 1, 228. “in the clouds,” Caes. II, 1, 26. “in the deep,” Lr. IV, 1, 77. “l. in mine eye-balls,” Ven. 119. “--ing in her eye,” LLL IV, 3, 243. “l. in this gentleman's face,” Meas. II, 1, 153. “l. in the lady's face,” John II, 495. “l. in my face,” Oth. IV, 2, 26. “I --ed her in the face,” Ant. III, 3, 12. “would gladly l. him in the face,” V, 2, 32. The last expression == to face, to meet boldly: “darest not stand nor l. me in the face,” Mids. III, 2, 424. “whom all France durst not presume to l. once in the face,” H6A I, 1, 140. “never after l. me in the face,” Rom. III, 5, 163. “an I tell you that, I'll never l. you i' the face again,” Caes. I, 2, 284. 8) into, == to inspect closely, to examine: “they l. into the beauty of thy mind, and that in guess they measure by thy deeds,” Sonn. 69, 9. “lest the wise world should l. into your moan,” 71, 13. “I will l. further into it,” Wiv. II, 1, 245. “to l. into the bottom of my place,” Meas. I, 1, 79. LLL V, 2, 779. As V, 2, 48. Shr. III, 2, 145. John II, 114. H4A II, 1, 80. H6B II, 1, 202. R3 IV, 2, 30. H8 II, 2, 41. Mcb. I, 3, 58. Hml. II, 2, 64. Lr. I, 4, 76. “he did l. far into the service of the time,” All's I, 2, 26. into for “unto,” Meas. II, 1, 126 (Pompey's speech). 9) on; α) to turn the eye on (the modern to look at): “he --s upon his love and neighs unto her,” Ven. 307. “not one of them that yet --s on me, or would know me,” Tp. V, 83. “worth the --ing on,” Meas. V, 208. “all that l. on him love him,” Tw. II, 3, 164. “l. on me with your welkin eye,” Wint. I, 2, 136. “what you l. on now,” V, 1, 227. “I will l. on both indifferently,” Caes. I, 2, 87. “we will not l. upon him,” Ant. I, 2, 91. “flesh which some did die to l. on,” I, 4, 68. “kills me to l. on't,” Cymb. II, 4, 108. β) to regard: “and l. upon myself and curse my fate,” Sonn. 29, 4. “when I l. on you, I can hardly think you my master,” Gent. II, 1, 33. “when I l. on her perfections,” II, 4, 211. “l. on Master Fenton,” Wiv. III, 4, 101. “l. upon the years of Lewis,” John II, 424. γ) to take notice of, to care for: “trowest thou that e'er I'll l. upon the world, or count them happy that enjoy the sun?” H6B II, 4, 38. “for yet I am not --ed on in the world,” H6C V, 7, 22. “one that --s on feeders,” Ant. III, 13, 109. “none would l. on her,” Per. IV, 3, 32. δ) to face, to meet: “durst thou have --ed upon him being awake,” Mids. III, 2, 69. “henceforth ne'er l. on me,” H4A II, 4, 491. “--s proudly on the crown,” R3 IV, 3, 42 (Qq o'er). “l. upon thy death,” Rom. I, 1, 74. ε) to read: let me l. on that (letter) “again,” Gent. IV, 4, 130. “I will not l. upon your master's lines,” Gent. IV, 4, 130 “let me l. upon the bond,” Merch. IV, 1, 225. “my books and instruments shall be my company, on them to l. and practise by myself,” Shr. I, 1, 83. “l. on this letter,” All's III, 2, 58. “give me the letter, I will l. on it,” Rom. V, 3, 278. ζ) to see: “who, being --ed on, ducks as quickly in,” Ven. 87. “in dreams they l. on thee,” Sonn. 43, 3. “--ing on an Englishman, the fairest that eye could see,” Pilgr. 213. “I am glad 'tis night, you do not l. on me,” Merch. II, 6, 34. Tp. I, 2, 310. V, 289. Gent. III, 1, 180. III, 2, 21. V, 2, 14. Meas. V, 375. Meas. V, 375 Meas. V, 375 Err. III, 2, 58. V, 210. Ado I, 1, 165. Mids. I, 1, 242. II, 1, 179. II, 1, 179 III, 2, 385. Merch. I, 2, 130. As II, 7, 113. IV, 3, 159. R2 II, 3, 39. H6B III, 3, 13. R3 III, 4, 107. Cor. I, 3, 61. Mcb. II, 4, 20. Ant. V, 1, 39. Cymb. II, 1, 46. 10) over, α) to read over: “every man l. o'er his part,” Mids. IV, 2, 38. β) to look down on, to overtop: “and, by that knot, --s proudly o'er the crown,” R3 IV, 3, 42 (Ff on). “let Antony l. over Caesar's head,” Ant. II, 2, 5. 11) through: --ed through “the grate,” Wiv. II, 2, 8. “let her beauty l. through a casement,” Cymb. II, 4, 34. “a fog that I cannot l. through,” III, 2, 82. 12) to; α) to cast the eye towards: “l. not to the ground,” R2 III, 2, 87. “to l. to heaven for grace,” H6A I, 4, 83. “--s so many fathoms to the sea,” Hml. I, 4, 77. Costard says: “now will I l. to his remuneration,” LLL III, 137. β) to take care of, to guard, to be attentive to: “l. well to her heart,” Ven. 580. “l. to the boy,” Gent. V, 4, 85. “we'll l. to that anon,” Err. V, 412. “will you l. to those things I told you of?” Ado II, 1, 351. “you must be --ed to,” V, 1, 213. Mids. I, 2, 28. Merch. II, 5, 16. III, 1, 49. III, 1, 49 III, 1, 49 III, 3, 1. III, 3, 1 Shr. Ind. I, 28. All's IV, 5, 62. Tw. I, 5, 146. III, 4, 67. III, 4, 67 III, 4, 67 Wint. IV, 3, 23. John I, 30. III, 1, 346. R2 V, 3, 39. H4A II, 4, 91. H6A II, 1, 62. H6B I, 1, 208. R3 III, 5, 15. Tit. IV, 1, 120. Oth. III, 4, 76. Ant. III, 2, 45 etc. With narrowly and near, == to watch, to inspect closely: “if my cousin do not l. narrowly to thee,” Ado V, 4, 118. “l. too near unto my state,” H4B IV, 5, 212. l. to it == be on your guard, take heed, take care: As III, 1, 4. H6A II, 4, 103. H6B I, 1, 156. I, 3, 147. R3 IV, 2, 90 etc. “we ought to l. to it,” Mids. III, 1, 34. “thou wert best l. to't,” As I, 1, 154.
c) Adverbs and prepositions joined: “l. back into your mighty ancestors,” H5 I, 2, 102 (cf. Into). “l. back with me unto the Tower,” R3 IV, 1, 98. “let me l. back upon thee,” Tim. IV, 1, 1. “l. down into the Pomgarnet,” H4A II, 4, 41. “l. down into this den,” Tit. II, 3, 215. “I l. down towards his feet,” Oth. V, 2, 286. “l. forward on the journey you shall go,” Meas. IV, 3, 61. “l. in upon me then and speak with me,” Oth. V, 2, 257 (== come in and look me in the face). “to l. out at her lady's chamber window,” Ado II, 2, 17. Merch. II, 5, 40. Shr. V, 1, 32. “he --s out of the window,” Shr. V, 1, 32 “l. up to him,” H6A I, 4, 89. “how dare the plants l. up to heaven,” Per. I, 2, 55.
2) to show itself, to peep forth: “her business --s in her with an importing visage,” All's V, 3, 135. “what a deal of scorn --s beautiful in the contempt and anger of his lip,” Tw. III, 1, 157. With through: “my toes l. through the overleather,” Shr. Ind. 2, 12. “life --s through and will break out,” H4B IV, 4, 120. “what a haste --s through his eyes,” Mcb. I, 2, 46. “if our drift l. through our bad performance,” Hml. IV, 7, 152. With out: “the business of this man --s out of him,” Ant. V, 1, 50. “he tells her something that makes her blood l. out,” Wint. IV, 4, 160. “her wanton spirits l. out at every joint and motive of her body,” Troil. IV, 5, 56. “see the monstrousness of man when he --s out in an ungrateful shape,” Tim. III, 2, 80.
3) to have a particular air: “this ghastly --ing,” Tp. II, 1, 309. “you do l. in a moved sort,” IV, 146. “learn of her eye to l.” LLL IV, 3, 252. “teach me how to l.” Mids. I, 1, 192. “till the heavens l. with an aspect more favourable,” Wint. II, 1, 106. With an adjective: “those far-off eyes l. sad,” Lucr. 1386; LLL I, 2, 3; Mids. V, 294. “I will acquaintance strangle and l. strange,” Sonn. 89, 8; Err. II, 2, 112. “l. sweet, speak fair,” Err. III, 2, 11. “how fiery and how sharp he --s,” IV, 4, 53. “l. up clear,” Mcb. I, 5, 72. l. big, see Big. A preposition following: “why l. you strange on me,” Err. V, 295. “the pale-faced moon --s bloody on the earth,” R2 II, 4, 10. With adverbs: “--ing scornfully,” Lucr. 187. “you l. wearily,” Tp. III, 1, 32. “when you --ed sadly, it was for want of money,” Gent. II, 1, 30. “when he --s so merrily,” Wiv. II, 1, 198. “--ing wildly,” III, 3, 94. “how tartly that gentleman --s,” Ado II, 1, 3. “walk softly and l. sweetly,” Ado II, 1, 3 “l. demurely,” Merch. II, 2, 201. “he --s successfully,” As I, 2, 162. “thou --est cheerly,” II, 6, 14. “you l. merrily,” II, 7, 11. “--s he as freshly as he did,” III, 2, 243. “the skies l. grimly,” Wint. III, 3, 3. “to l. so poorly,” R2 III, 3, 128. “he stares and --s so wildly,” V, 3, 24. “l. how we can, or sad or merrily,” H4A V, 2, 12. “I cannot l. greenly,” H5 V, 2, 149. “why --s your grace so heavily,” R3 I, 4, 1. II, 3, 40. “his grace --s cheerfully and smooth,” III, 4, 50. “i. fresh and merrily,” Caes. II, 1, 224. “--ed he frowningly,” Hml. I, 2, 231. “how cheerfully my mother --s,” III, 2, 133. “he --s sadly,” Oth. II, 1, 32. On following: “l. cheerfully upon me,” Shr. IV, 3, 38. “he --s well on't,” All's V, 3, 31 (== he is pleased with it). you all l. strangely on me, H4BV, 2, 63.
4) to appear, to have a particular exterior: “thou --est not like deceit,” Lucr. 585. “the rose --s fair,” Sonn. 54, 3. “my love --s fresh,” 107, 10. “how lush and lusty the grass --s” Tp. II, 1, 52. “yond cloud --s like a foul bombard,” II, 2, 21. Wiv. II, 1, 36. III, 4, 33. Err. IV, 2, 4. IV, 4, 111. Ado III, 2, 48. IV, 1, 69. LLL IV, 3, 266. Mids. III, 2, 57. Merch. V, 125. As II, 3, 47. H4B I, 1, 62 etc. “she --s us like a thing more made of malice than of duty,” Cymb. III, 5, 32 (== seems to us). With an accus. denoting the effect: “thou hast --ed thyself into my grace,” Cymb. V, 5, 94 (thou hast gained my grace by thy appearance). An inf. following: that is there (in his heart) “which --s with us to break his neck,” Cor. III, 3, 29 (== which is likely to break his neck).
5) to expect, (see above: l. for); with an accus.: “the gifts she --s from me,” Wint. IV, 4, 369. With a clause: “then l. I death my days should expiate,” Sonn. 22, 4. “I --ed when some of you should say I was too strict,” R2 I, 3, 243. “I --ed you would have given me your petition,” H8 V, 1, 118. With an inf.: “as you l. to have my pardon,” Tp. V, 292. “we l. to hear from you,” Gent. II, 4, 120. Meas. I, 1, 58. Mids. III, 2, 430. All's III, 6, 82. Tw. V, 298. H4A V, 4, 145. H4B IV, 2, 116. H6A I, 1, 38. H6C II, 6, 95. V, 5, 66. R3 II, 3, 9. III, 1, 198. Mcb. V, 3, 26 etc.
6) to take care (see above: l. to); followed by the subjunctive: “l. thou be true,” Tp. IV, 51. “l. you bring me in the names,” Meas. II, 1, 286. “and Helena of Athens l. thou find,” Mids. III, 2, 95. “l. thou lead them thus,” Mids. III, 2, 95 Wiv. V, 5, 65. Wiv. V, 5, 65 Meas. V, 298. Meas. V, 298 Mids. I, 1, 117. II, 1, 267. Merch. II, 8, 25. As I, 3, 127. IV, 1, 33. John IV, 1, 1. H5 II, 4, 49. H6B II, 1, 189. R3 III, 7, 47. IV, 4, 497. H8 II, 1, 66. Oth. IV, 3, 9. Ant. III, 13, 140 etc. The subord. clause preceded by that: “l. that you love your wife,” Meas. V, 502. R3 III, 4, 80. V, 3, 65.
7) to seek, to search for; transitively: “I will l. some linen for your head,” Wiv. IV, 2, 83. “he hath been all this day to l. you,” As II, 5, 34. “I must go l. my twigs; he shall be caught,” All's III, 6, 115. “I will l. him and privily relieve him,” Lr. III, 3, 15 (Qq seek). In H5 IV, 7, 76 O. Edd. book, M. Edd. to l. our dead. With out: “I'll l. you out a good turn,” Tim. III, 2, 67.