Comment, vb., to discourse, to reason: “love can c. upon every woe,” Ven. 714. “this huge stage presenteth nought but shows whereon the stars in secret influence c.” Sonn. 15, 4. “say that thou didst forsake me for some fault, and I will c. upon that offence,” 89, 2. “is a physician to c. upon your malady,” Gentl. II, 1, 42. “weeping and --ing upon the sobbing deer,” As II, 1, 65. “view his breathless corpse, and c. then upon his sudden death,” H6B III, 2, 133. “fearful --ing is leaden servitor to dull delay,” R3 IV, 3, 51.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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