VOTARIST. VISITOR. A comforter; one who gives consolation. The visitor will not give him o'er so. Tempest, ii. 1. TO VIZARD. To mask; to disguise. Th' unworthiest shows as fairly in the mask. VOICE. Report; public opinion; vote; suffrage. In voices well divulg'd, free, learn'd, and valiant. Ibid. v. 2. Coriolanus, ii. 3. Of that I shall have also cause to speak, And from his mouth whose voice will draw on more. Hamlet, v. 2. If the dull brainless Ajax come safe off, We'll dress him up in voices. Troilus and Cressida, i. 3. Votary. Antony and Cleopatra, ii. 7. The jewels you have had from me to deliver to Desdemona would half have corrupted a votarist. Othello, iv. 2. Gold yellow, glittering, precious gold? No, gods, I am no idle votarist: roots, you clear heavens! Timon of Athens, iv. 3. VOLUNTARY. A volunteer. King John, ii. 1. Measure for Measure, ii. 4.. What praise couldst thou bestow on a deserving woman indeed, one that, in the authority of her merit, did justly put on the vouch of very malice itself. Othello, ii. 1. Why in this woolless toge should I stand here, To beg of Hob and Dick, that do appear, Their needless vouches? Coriolanus, ii. 3. |