Both Uses of
function
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Is it not monstrous that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit That from her working all his visage wan'd; Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect, A broken voice, and his whole function suiting With forms to his conceit?†
Scene 2.2
- Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly too; My operant powers their functions leave to do: And thou shalt live in this fair world behind, Honour'd, belov'd, and haply one as kind For husband shalt thou,— P. Queen.†
Scene 3.2 *
Definition:
-
(function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity