abide take responsibility for.
accidental evils pain or troubles happening by chance.
accoutred dressed.
address'd prepared.
ague a fever marked by regularly recurring chills
alchymy an early form of chemistry, with philosophic and magical associations, studied in the Middle Ages. Its chief aims were to change base metals into gold and to discover the elixir of perpetual youth.
alive here, of present concern.
alone on Cassius on Cassius alone.
along horizontal.
ambition's debt Caesar got what he deserved.
and none so poor to do him reverence No one is so lowly that they owe Caesar respect.
and reason to my love is liable Decius claims that it is out of love that he tells Caesar this even though he risks anger.
And since the quarrel / Will bear no color for the thing he is Brutus recognizes that his argument (quarrel) doesn't work (bears no color) because Caesar has not behaved as Brutus suggests he will.
annoy to harm by repeated attacks.
answer'd it paid for it.
answering acting in response or retaliation.
apt ready, prepared.
apt thoughts of men men who are ready to be deceived.
are rid to get free from or relieved of.
art here, philosophic theory.
as as if.
as his kind according to his nature.
at the stake fastened to a stake.
ate goddess of discord.
augmented to become greater, increase. Here, when Caesar gets what he wants (is augmented), he will behave as Brutus has previously described.
bade bid.
base degrees the rungs upon the ladder he has just climbed. Caesar will turn on the people beneath him.
basis pedestal.
bastard here, one who is so cowardly that he will not keep fighting.
battles battalions of soldiers.
bay'd about surrounded as by baying dogs.
be factious join our faction.
be resolv'd be answered, have explained to him.
be satisfied to answer adequately or convincingly.
bear his comment be subjected to scrutiny.
bear me a bang receive a blow from me.
bear me hard hold a grudge against me.
bears with glasses bears were thought to be vain and would stop to look at themselves in a mirror.
beat us to the pit driven us to a pit, as in a pit dug to trap hunted animals, or as in a grave.
beg demand.
belike probably.
bending their expedition marching their troops.
bent direction.
better parts qualities.
beyond all use beyond normal experience.
bid him set on his pow'rs betimes before Tell him to advance his troops early in the morning, before mine.
bills statements, usually itemized, of charges for goods or services.
bondman slave, one who is not entirely free of a master.
bootless without benefit, useless.
bouge move, flinch.
brav'd defied.
break with tell our secret to him.
brother Cassius had married a sister of Brutus.
Brutus only overcame himself Brutus alone slayed Brutus.
by him to his house.
by lottery as Caesar's eye falls on each man by chance.
by means whereof as a result of
call in question discuss.
carrions men near death.
Cato Brutus' father-in-law who fought for Pompey and committed suicide at Utica Brutus' stoic philosophy disapproved of suicide.
Cato Cato of Utica, known for his integrity.
cautelous deceitful.
change here, exchange of advantage.
charactery of my sad brows the sadness that is written on his face.
check'd reproved.
chidden berated.
chopp'd reddened and chapped.
close concealed.
closet a small, private room for reading and meditation, often a study for men, a place of meditation and solitude for women.
cold demeanor detached in one's outward behavior.
cold modesty moderation, the least he could say.
Colossus the gigantic statue of Apollo set at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes and included among the Seven Wonders of the World.
combin'd augmented.
common laughter a frivolous man.
common pleasures public pleasure grounds.
common pulpits public platforms.
Companion, hence! Get out!
conceit judge.
conceited understood.
conceptions original ideas, designs, plans.
conference conversation.
confidence overconfidence.
conn'd learned.
consorted accompanied or escorted.
constancy steadiness of affections or loyalties.
corporal bodily.
corse a dead body, corpse.
costly precious.
couchings low bows
could be content to visit other places would rather be elsewhere.
counsel a secret.
counsels secret intentions or resolutions.
countenance approval, support, or sanction.
craves to be in great need of.
crown him that crown him emperor.
cumber encumber.
custom of fell deeds commonness of evil deeds.
cut off some charge in legacies determine how not to pay off Caesar's bequests.
cynic a member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers who held virtue to be the only good and stressed independence from worldly needs and pleasures. The cynics became critical of the rest of society and its material interests.
