It means it is. It's not really a word but rather a contraction like "it's" which means exactly the same thing.
Abhor mean to regard with disgust or hatred. It meant the same thing to Shakespeare, who was of course writing in the same language. E.g. in Twelfth Night, Maria says, "he will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests"
Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.
Shakespeare does not use the word townsfolk.
The expression should be spelled 'twere. The apostrophe stands for the letter "i" in the word "it", so the expression is "it were". "Were" is the present subjunctive of the verb to be, so 'twere is the subjunctive form of 'tis (it is) which is found everywhere in Shakespeare. An example of the unabbreviated form is Hamlet's line "I could accuse me of such things that it were better that my mother had not borne me."
In a forward direction.
It is
Abhor mean to regard with disgust or hatred. It meant the same thing to Shakespeare, who was of course writing in the same language. E.g. in Twelfth Night, Maria says, "he will come to her in yellow stockings, and 'tis a colour she abhors, and cross-gartered, a fashion she detests"
Sorry, Shakespeare did not use that word.
'Tis a form of English in which Shakespeare often used in the book of Romeo & Juliet. Such word would be "Upfill" meaning "fill up"
it is the shortened version of it is created by Shakespeare
'Tis himself is the same as saying "It's him."
Shakespeare does not use the word townsfolk.
The expression should be spelled 'twere. The apostrophe stands for the letter "i" in the word "it", so the expression is "it were". "Were" is the present subjunctive of the verb to be, so 'twere is the subjunctive form of 'tis (it is) which is found everywhere in Shakespeare. An example of the unabbreviated form is Hamlet's line "I could accuse me of such things that it were better that my mother had not borne me."
'Tis is a contraction of it is. ('Twas is a contraction of it was, as in "'Twas the night before Christmas...")
In a forward direction.
what is a TIS absconder
Shakespeare wrote in English. "The" means exactly the same when he used it as it does when you use it.