confound to consume (applied to the spending of
time):
“He did confound the best part of an hour,”
1 HENRY IV., i. 3. 100
;
“How couldst thou in a mile confound an hour,”
CORIOLANUS, i. 6. 17
;
“Let's not confound the time,”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, i. 1.
45
;
“to confound such time,”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, i. 4.
28.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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