commit a word, as Malone observes, applied
particularly to unlawful acts of love:
“commit not with man's sworn spouse,”
KING LEAR, iii. 4. 80
;
“What committed! Committed!”
OTHELLO, iv. 2. 73
;
“What committed!”
OTHELLO, iv. 2. 77.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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