it (cf. HIT; 1 arose in the 16th cent.)
1.
very
freq. with intransitive verbs as a kind of vague
object, e.g.
Tp. I. ii. 379
“Foot it featly,”
Shr. I. ii. 75
“to wive it,”
III. ii. 254
“to bride it,”
H5 V. ii. 130
“to mince it,”
H8 II. iii. 37
“to queen it,”
Mac. II. iii. 20
“devil-porter
it,”
Cym. III. iii. 85
“to prince it.”
2.
=there
Gent. IV. iv. 72
“For 'tis no trusting to
yond foolish lout.”
3.
=its
Tp. II. i. 170
“of it own kind”
(Ff1 2;
Ff3 4
“its”), Rom. i. III. 52
“it had upon it head a
bump” (Qq Ff1 2; Ff3 4
“its”),
Lr. I. iv. 237
“it had it head bit off
by it young.”
