interest (usu. 2 syll.; but sometimes 3 syll. at the end of line, e.g. 1H4 IV. iii. 49 “You shall have your desires with interest,” but not in Cym. IV. ii. 365)
1.
legal concern (“in”), right or title
(“to” possessions
or the enjoyment of them)
John IV. iii. 147
“unow'd of proud-swelling
state,”
1H4 III. ii. 98
“ to the
state,”
2H6 III. i. 84
“all your in those
territories,”
Lr. I. i. 52
“ of
territory,”
87 “to be ” (=to constitute
a claim; but see INTERESS'D); fig. AYL. V. i. 8,
Tit. III. i. 249
“Where life hath no more
but
to breathe,”
Lucr. 1067, 1619, 1797
2.
right or title to
share in, part 1H6 V. iv.
167,
R3 II. ii. 47
“so much have I in thy
sorrow,”
Rom. III. i. 194.
3.
advantageous concern
(“in” a thing)
Cym. IV. ii. 365
“What's thy In this
sad wrack?”
; profit, advantage
Mac. I. ii. 66
“Our bosom ”
; phr. “in the interest
of”
Lr. V. iii. 86.
4.
(?) influence due to
personal connexion Mer.V. III. ii.
222*
“my new ” (viz. as
Portia's accepted suitor); but perhaps merely fig.
of sense 1
5.
money paid for the
use of money lent Mer.V. I. iii.
52,
Tim. III. v. 110
“let out Their coin upon
large ”
; fig. 1H4 IV. iii. 49,
Ven. 210
“Give me one kiss, I'll
give it thee again, And one for
interest.”
