spare (the mod. uses are freq.)
1.
“
for no . . .,
not for” . . ., be liberal in respect
of Ado III. v. 66, 1H6 V. iv. 56, Rom. IV. iv. 6.
2.
to forbear
Tp. II. i. 26
“I prithee, ,”
Ado II. ii. 23
“ not to tell
him,”
R3 I. iii. 114
“Tell him, and
not,”
Cor. I. i. 262;
ellipt.=forbear to give
2H4 III. ii. 291
“ me the great
ones”
; app.=forbear to offend
Meas. II. iii. 33
“spare heaven.”
3.
to avoid
MND. II. i. 142
“shun me, and I will
your haunts.”
