Bleed (impf. “bled,” Cor. I, 9, 48. partic. “bled,” As IV, 3, 149. Cor. V, 1, 11) 1) intr. to lose blood, to run with blood: Ven. 924. Ven. 924 Lucr. 1449. Lucr. 1449 Lucr. 1449 Lucr. 1449 Merch. III, 1, 67. As IV, 3, 149. Shr. Ind. 2, 60. John II, 86. R2 I, 1, 194. H4A II, 4, 341. IV, 1, 115. V, 4, 2. V, 4, 2 H4B IV, 4, 2. H6A II, 4, 50. H6A II, 4, 50 H6B III, 2, 188. R3 I, 2, 56. R3 I, 2, 56 IV, 4, 272. Troil. V, 3, 82. Tit. I, 34. V, 3, 65. Rom. III, 1, 194 “(lie a --ing).” V, 3, 175. Tim. I, 2, 80. Caes. II, 1, 171. Mcb. II, 2, 55. IV, 3, 31. Hml. V, 2, 315. Ant. V, 2, 341 etc. “to b. to death,” Merch. IV, 1, 258. Troil. II, 3, 80. Oth. V, 1, 45. “to b. away,” John V, 4, 24. my nose fell a --ing (a sign that something of consequence was to happen) Merch. II, 5, 25. bleeding stream == stream of blood, Lucr. 1774. bleeding frequently == bloody: “on the --ing ground,” John II, 304. “--ing war,” R2 III, 3, 94. “that never war advance his --ing sword,” H5 V, 2, 383. “unscarred of --ing slaughter,” R3 IV, 4, 209. “the --ing business they have done,” Caes. III, 1, 168. “their dear causes would to the --ing and the grim alarm excite the mortified man,” Mcb. V, 2, 4. -- “Dismiss the controversy --ing,” Cor. II, 1, 86, i. e. without having, as it were, dressed and cured it.
Figuratively: the heart --s, to denote a pain or sorrow touching the core of the heart: “the thought of it doth make my faint heart b.” Ven. 669. “will not my tongue be mute, my frail joints shake, . . . my false heart b.?” Lucr. 228. Pilgr. 267. Tp. I, 2, 63. Wint. III, 3, 52. H6B IV, 1, 85. “now all these hearts . . . with --ing groans they pine,” Compl. 275. “my heart --s inwardly that my father is so sick,” H4B II, 2, 51. cf. “I b. inwardly for my lord,” Tim. I, 2, 211. “the testimonies whereof lie --ing in me,” Cymb. III, 4, 23.
To b. == to be let blood, figuratively: “this is no month to b.” R2 I, 1, 157. “have brought ourselves into a burning fever, and we must b. for it,” H4B IV, 1, 57.
2) trans., to shed like blood: “she did, I would fain say, b. tears,” Wint. V, 2, 96. “the drops that we have bled together,” Cor. V, 1, 11.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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