Definition:
- (prep.) 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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from vs. heavy
frob vs. from
frim vs. from
from vs. grom
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frog vs. from
farm vs. from
between vs. from
content vs. from
equalling vs. from
from vs. what
derive vs. from
exemplify vs. from
away vs. from
for vs. from
after vs. from
equal vs. from
foam vs. from
centrally vs. from
from vs. than
beyond vs. from
fro vs. from
from vs. since
from vs. off
banish vs. from
desist vs. from
compare vs. from
across vs. from
from vs. hence
form vs. from
differentiation vs. from
exclusion vs. from
from vs. reference
from vs. initial
from vs. separation
from vs. wine
from vs. origin
from vs. source
distinct vs. from
from vs. know
against vs. from
from vs. out
example vs. from
die vs. from
from vs. mean
from vs. molecule