being (2 is an application peculiar to S.)
1.
life,
existence
Shr. I. i. 11
“Pisa . . . Gave me my
being,”
Mac. III. i. 55,
Ham. II. i. 96
“end his being,”
Oth. I. ii. 21
“my life and ,”
Cym. I. i. 38
“he quit ”
2.
stay, abode, dwelling
Ant. II. ii. 39
“My being in
Egypt,”
Cym. I. v. 54
“to shift his
being.”
