cleave to, to
unite with closely:
“Thy thoughts I cleave to,”
THE TEMPEST, iv. 1. 164
;
“cleave to no revenge but Lucius,”
TITUS ANDRONICUS, v. 2. 136
;
“cleave not to their mould,”
MACBETH, i. 3. 145
;
“If you shall cleave to my consent,”
MACBETH, ii. 1. 25
(a very obscure passage).
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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