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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.
Degree being vizarded,

Th' unworthiest shows as fairly in the mask.
Troilus and Cressida, i. 3.

VOICE. Report; public opinion; vote; suffrage.

In voices well divulg'd, free, learn'd, and valiant.
Twelfth Night, i. 5.
Well, the voice madam.
goes,
Henry 8, iv. 2.
The common voice, I see, is verified
Of thee.

Ibid. v. 2.
Are all resolved to give your voices? But
you
that's no matter, the greater part carries it.

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.
Rash, inconsiderate, fiery voluntaries.

King John, ii. 1.
VOUCH. Testimony; attestation; warrant.
To the king I'll say't; and make my vouch as strong
As shore of rock.
Henry 8, i. 1.
My vouch against you, and my place i' the state,
Will so your accusation overweigh,
That you shall stifle in your own report.

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?

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Coriolanus, ii. 3.

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