Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 4.1.220: "we rack the value"


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Act 4, Scene 1, lines 220.
rack: closely examine. —"Rack" can also mean "stretch"; therefore, while the friar is saying that we don't realize the true value of something until we lose it, it may also be suggested (not by the friar) that when we lose something we exaggerate the value of it.