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Mac·beth (mək bet̸h′, mak-)

noun

  1. a tragedy (1606?) by Shakespeare
  2. its title character, who, goaded by his ruthlessly ambitious wife, murders the king to gain the crown for himself

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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