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Part of Speech: noun
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1.
Out of the neighborhood of;
lessening or losing proximity
to;
leaving behind;
by reason of;
out of;
by aid of; --
used whenever departure,
setting out, commencement
of action,
being,
state,
occurrence, etc.,
or procedure,
emanation,
absence,
separation, etc.,
are to be expressed.
It is construed
with,
and indicates,
the point of space
or time at which the action,
state, etc.,
are regarded as setting out or beginning;
also,
less frequently,
the source,
the cause,
the occasion,
out of which anything proceeds; --
the aritithesis
and correlative
of to;
as,
it,
is one hundred miles from
Boston to Springfield;
he took his sword from
his side;
light proceeds from
the sun;
separate the coarse wool from
the fine;
men have all sprung from
Adam,
and often go from
good to bad,
and from
bad to worse;
the merit of an action depends
on the principle from
which it proceeds;
men judge of facts from
personal knowledge,
or from
testimony.
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Examples of usage:
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They shall not take you from me- they shall not!" - "The New Tenant", E. Phillips Oppenheim.
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Have you heard the news from Springtown? - "The Devil's Disciple", George Bernard Shaw.
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Now, he thought, he will not get away from me. - "Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales", Leo Tolstoy.