The Only Use of
perturb
in
Macbeth
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- A great perturbation in nature,—to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of watching—
p. 161.5perturbation = deviation (from the natural course of things)
Definitions:
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(1)
(perturb as in: she was perturbed) to disturb in mind or make uneasy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) in physics or astronomy: a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly