Definitions
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- proper noun A male
given name , a mostly British spelling variant ofAnthony .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
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Examples
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The world-famed pearl of Cleopatra, which she drank after dissolving it, so as to win her wager with Antony that she would entertain him with a banquet costing a certain immense sum of money, is not even noticed, however, in Shakespeare's _Antony and
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[Enter ANTONY] See! Antony, that revels long o 'nights,
Julius Caesar 1599
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Shakespeare's completed characterization of Antony is in _Antony and
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar William Shakespeare 1590
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Enobarbus in Antony is likewise cynicalusuallybut his smashing denunciation occupies "a universe elsewhere" from a callow insults of Apemantus.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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Enobarbus in Antony is likewise cynicalusuallybut his smashing denunciation occupies "a universe elsewhere" from a callow insults of Apemantus.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Mr. GOLDSWORTHY: Oh, yeah, very definitely, yes, always ready for a good party, as far as Antony is concerned.
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Mr. GOLDSWORTHY: Oh, yeah, very definitely, yes, always ready for a good party, as far as Antony is concerned.
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Mr. GOLDSWORTHY: Oh, yeah, very definitely, yes, always ready for a good party, as far as Antony is concerned.
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Mr. GOLDSWORTHY: Oh, yeah, very definitely, yes, always ready for a good party, as far as Antony is concerned.
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Mr. GOLDSWORTHY: Oh, yeah, very definitely, yes, always ready for a good party, as far as Antony is concerned.
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