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Ábsent, adj. 1) not present: Meas. III, 1, 209. III, 2, 123. III, 2, 123 IV, 2, 136. IV, 3, 150. Ado II, 2, 48. Merch. V, 285. As II, 2, 18. III, 1, 3. Alls II, 3, 189. III, 7, 34. Tw. I, 5, 18. Wint. II, 3, 199. John III, 4, 93. R2 I, 3, 259. H4A IV, 3, 86. V, 1, 49. H6C II, 2, 74. H8 II, 4, 231. Caes. IV, 3, 156. Oth. III, 3, 17. Cymb. III, 4, 109. the a. time == time of absence, R2 II, 3, 79; cf. Oth. III, 4, 174. With “from:” Sonn. 41, 2. 89, 9. 98, 1. Alls I, 3, 240. “a. hence,” Merch. V, 120.
2) separated: “they have seemed to be together, though a.” Wint. I, 1, 32. “lovers' a. hours,” Oth. III, 4, 174.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.

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