This old saying means that the lack of something increases the desire for it. The Roman poet Sextus Propertius gave us the earliest form of this saying in Elegies: "Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows." The contemporary version appears first as the title of an anonymous English poem in 1602. It wasn't until the 19th century that the phrase began to be used more widely, with Thomas Haynes Bayly's (1797-1839) song, 'Isle of Beauty', published after his death in 1850: "Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!" The meaning of this song referred to England as he found that he missed his country when he was away from it.

If your beloved is going far away from you , His long absence will make you miss,miss,miss and miss him very much , then the feeling you may find that your heart grow fonder of him.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder means: something that you say which means being apart from someone that you love makes you love them even more Example: 'My girlfriend is going to South America and I won't see her for six months.' 'Ah well, absence makes the heart grow fonder.'

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder' is a quote, a type of proverb. It means that when you are away from somebody, you will long to be with them.

if you want your beloved to love you more than ever, take my advice: get away from him or her and it will certainly help pile up his or her love of you.