Both Uses of
function
in
Twelfth Night
- I am not tall enough to become the function well: nor lean enough to be thought a good student: but to be said, an honest man and a good housekeeper, goes as fairly as to say, a careful man and a great scholar.†
Scene 4.2 *
- A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirmed by mutual joinder of your hands, Attested by the holy close of lips, Strengthen'd by interchangement of your rings; And all the ceremony of this compact Sealed in my function, by my testimony: Since when, my watch hath told me, toward my grave, I have travelled but two hours.†
Scene 5.1
Definition:
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(function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity