Absence, 1) the state of not being at a place: Compl. 245. Wiv. III, 3, 117. Meas. I, 1, 19. III, 2, 101. LLL V, 2, 225. Mids. III, 2, 244 Merch. I, 2, 121. III, 4, 4. As II, 4, 85. Tw. I, 5, 4. Wint. I, 2, 12. Wint. I, 2, 12 III, 2, 79. IV, 4, 542. V, 2, 120. John I, 1, 102. R3 III, 4, 25. H4A IV, 1, 73. H4A IV, 1, 73 IV, 4, 16. H5 IV, 1, 302. R3 III, 4, 25. H8 II, 3, 106. Cor. I, 3, 4. Cor. I, 3, 4 III, 2, 95. Tim. IV, 3, 346. Ant. I, 2, 179. IV, 15, 61. Cymb. III, 5, 57. IV, 3, 2. V, 5, 57. Per. I, 2, 112. II, 4, 46. “our substitutes in a.” H4B IV, 4, 6. “in a. of:” Gent. I, 1, 59. Merch. V, 128. R2 II, 1, 219. H5 I, 2, 172. “in the a. of:” Meas. V, 331. Cor. IV, 1, 44.
2) separation from one beloved, and in general the state of being far from a person: “O a., what a torment wouldst thou prove,” Sonn. 39, 9. “nor think the bitterness of a. sour,” 57, 7. “the imprisoned a. of your liberty,” 58, 6. “how like a winter hath my a. been from thee,” 97, 1. “a. seemed my flame to qualify,” 109, 2. Err. I, 1, 45. R2 I, 3, 258. Troil. IV, 5, 289. Caes. IV, 3, 152. Oth. I, 3, 260. III, 4, 179. III, 4, 179 Cymb. III, 6, 74.
3) Euphemistically, == death: “whose a. is no less material to me than is his father's,” Mcb. III, 1, 135.
4) Used for absent by Sir Hugh and Mrs Quickly: Wiv. I, 1, 273. II, 2, 86.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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