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fromprep.adv.conj. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon fram , from (adverb and preposition), Old High German fram (adverb; Middle High German vram ), Old Icelandic fram (adverb), Old Danish fram (adverb; Danish frem ), Gothic fram (adverb and preposition), and (as preposition, showing a form developed from a proclitic form) Old Icelandic frá (compare fro prep., conj., and adv.), Old Swedish fra , fran (Swedish från ), Old Danish fra , fraa , fran (Danish fra ) < a Germanic base the primary sense of which was probably ‘forward’ (hence ‘onward’, ‘on the way’, ‘away’), as reflected also by frame adj.1 and frame n. and adj.2, probably ultimately showing a superlative formation < the Indo-European base of for- prefix1.On the rare β. forms see the discussion at fro prep., conj., and adv. With regional forms in thr- compare the discussion at fro prep., conj., and adv. A. prep. 1. the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition] > away from (denoting departure) the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > in a direction away from (of motion) [preposition] > away from a place or thing left behind eOE (Parker) anno 874 Her for se here from Lindesse to Hreopedune. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 79 A mon lihte from ierusalem in to ierico. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 6661 Hardeknout is broþer þo þen wei sone nom Fram denemarch to engelond. c1330 (?a1300) (1886) l. 349 Out of hauen þai rade..Fram þe brimes brade Gun flete. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 128 She leet no morsel from hir lyppes falle. 1563 W. Fulke i. f. 4 Lifteth them vp very high from the earth, into the ayer. 1611 Gen. iv. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1660 tr. I. Barrow iii. 68 From the centres G, H draw GA, GC, & HD, HF. 1719 D. Defoe 55 I came down from my Appartment in the Tree. 1762 O. Goldsmith I. 41 I am just returned from Westminster-abbey. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins IV. lxxxiv. 328 I should chuse to have her buried from her own house. 1838 T. Arnold (1845) I. xi. 200 He..leapt down from his seat. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato (ed. 2) I. 399 During the voyage of the sacred ship to and from Delos. 1903 R. L. Patterson in H. Cox 61 A considerable quantity of linen is sent from Belgium, France, and Germany to be bleached here. 1958 C. Achebe (2001) v. 29 But a few years later she ran away from her husband and came to live with Okonkwo. 1986 P. Fuller (1991) 8 We were married from a rather unprepossessing flat which we sub-leased in Earls Court Square. 2020 (Nexis) 8 Aug. 13 The most common purchases were clothes, shoes and accessories, followed by deliveries from restaurants, fast food chains and catering services. eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) xlix. 383 Se ðe Godes ðegn sie,..do his sweord to his hype, & gað from geate to geate ðurh midde ða ceastre, & ofslea ælc mon his broður. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) l. 65 Leaden him i cure up o fowr hweoles & teon him ȝeonte tun þron from strete to strete. c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) l. 361 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale (1930) 299 Þerl flei fram tre to tre. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (1872) Prol. l. 547 For to walke..ffrom hous to hous to here sondry tales. 1530 J. Palsgrave 818/2 From towne to towne, de ville en ville. 1563 W. Fulke iii. f. 24 When ye exhalation is driuen from side to side, of ye cloude. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. E2v To beg their breade from doore to doore. 1631 J. Weever 262 How often the body of Saint Augustine was tost from porch to pillar. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in 5 From vale to vale, from wood to wood, he flew. 1849 J. Stephen I. 215 Xavier's name was repeated from mouth to mouth with cries of vengeance. 1948 J. S. Weiner in 5 70 Their [sc. apes'] ability to brachiate, that is to swing their way from branch to branch by their arms. 2001 May 62/1 The nature of the service industry is that people tend to move from job to job. 2. the world > space > extension in space > [preposition] > from (of spatial extension) OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) ix. 78 On ðam dagum rixode Æþelbyrht cyning on cantwarebyrig riclice, and his rice wæs astreht fram ðære micclan ea humbre, oð suðsæ. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 179 Þe sæ is biter, swo is ec þis woreld fram ende to oðer. c1300 (?c1225) (Cambr.) (1901) l. 1240 Iarmed..Fram fote to þe nekke. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 2 Techinge þe anotomie of alle lymes from þe heed to þe foot. 1535 2 Sam. xxiv. 15 So that there dyed of the people from Dan vnto Berseba, thre score and ten thousande men. 1590 E. Spenser iii. i. sig. Bb5v Full many Countreyes they did ouerronne, From the vprising to the setting Sunne. 1727 J. Gay I. xxv. 118 How many saucy airs we meet, From Temple-bar to Aldgate-street! 1806 J. Beresford I. vi. 130 The whole machine..groaning under its cargo, from the box to the basket. 1845 M. Pattison in Jan. 77 Neustria..extended from the Meuse almost to the present southern limits of France. 1884 20 Dec. 603/1 From title to colophon all is sound and whole. 1946 A. Nelson iv. 91 Bulbs..where the leaf or its bases extend from base to apex of the structure. 2002 June 65/2 Green crabs, which inhabit much of the Eastern Seaboard from Maine to the mouth of the Chesapeake. b. Indicating the starting point in a series, esp. the lower limit in a series or range. the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [preposition] > indicating starting point of series OE Ælfric (Claud.) vi. 7 Ic adylgie ðone man..fram ðære eorðan ansyne, fram ðam men oð ða nytenu, fram ðam slincendum oð ða fugelas. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine (1993) 41 Þa tealde þe godspellere Lucas from Criste sylfum upweard to Adame alle þa fæderæs æfre. c1400 in (1932) 7 2 Al his sang is of sorow fram bigynnyng to ende. 1580 Bk. of Auncient Customs in E. J. March (1970) II. iii. 149 Shipp boorde from 16s the hundred to 50s. 1662 E. Stillingfleet i. vi. §3 The Sicyonian Kingdom..from which Varro began his history. 1841 30 June 47/2 Print Butter ranged from 20 to 31¼c per lb. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe ix. 269 The whole alphabet..is not unfrequently met with as an inscription, from the fourteenth, or fifteenth, to the seventeenth century. 1910 14 Aug. (Worker's Mag.) 5/1 The After School club, with twenty small members, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years, was quickly formed. 1948 Mar. 220/2 From the first page to the last it is an absorbing child-world chock full of board games. 2017 10 June 34/2 From the late 19th century, advances in industrial chemistry meant that synthetic scents could be developed that were much cheaper and more varied. 1679 J. Moxon I. ix. Explan. Terms 164 Bauk, a peece of Fir unslit, from four to ten Inches square. 1699 W. Dampier i. iv. 75 They are rowed with from 16 or 20 to 24 Oars. 1774 G. White Let. 29 Jan. in (1789) 169 The swallow lays from four to six white eggs. 1861 A. Mackay 93 From five to six millions of persons presently speak dialects of Celtic. 1866 A. Crump ix. 207 Many bankers are always below their authorised issues by from 25 to 20 per cent. 1948 E. N. Dick 247 A clump numbering from one hundred to three hundred trees was chosen for the operation. 1991 Aug. 112 From 30 to 50 per cent of Malay voters support the P.A.S. 3. the world > time > period > [preposition] > from the beginning of a period OE Byrhtferð (Ashm.) (1995) i. i. 20 Þonne beoð þi geare þreo hund daga and feower and fiftig daga fram Eastertide þæt he eft cume. a1225 (c1200) (1888) 67 Alle ðese bebodes ic habbe ihealde fram childhade. 1340 (1965) 12 Alle þon þet uram þe ginni[n]gge of þe wordle storue in zoþe guode byleaue. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 326 In termes hadde he caas and doomes alle That from tyme of kyng William weere falle. 1535 Neh. xiii. 21 From that tyme forth came they nomore on the Sabbath. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in 593 Images were vsed from the Apostles, and Christ him selfe. 1611 2 Tim. iii. 15 From a childe thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures. View more context for this quotation 1621 J. Fletcher et al. v. i. sig. I4 We are theeues from our cradells, and will die so. 1748 T. Smollett II. lxv. 316 Here I absconded from five o-clock in the morning to six in the evening. 1795 65 545/1 The scenes to which we have been accustomed from our infancy. 1816 M. Keating (1817) I. 99 An unaltered smile, and an inflexible seat, were preserved from first to last. 1836 W. Irving III. 257 A succession of adverse circumstances..beset it almost from the outset. 1844 3 Officers..are to take Rank and Precedence from their Commissions as Colonels in the Army, not from the dates of their Appointments as Brigadiers. 1847 C. Brontë III. x. 261 I knew him from a boy. 1885 10 379 The appellant maintains that the gate was erected in 1846, and that the public were effectually excluded from that year. 1957 E. W. Sinnott (1958) iii. 26 Almost from the start the embryo's growth is differential, more rapid in some directions than it is in others. 2013 (Nexis) 25 June (Features section) 19 We worked from nine in the morning till late. the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > succeeding, following, or after [preposition] > from... to... (denoting succession) OE Ælfric 2nd Let. to Wulfstan (Corpus Cambr.) in B. Fehr (1914) 178 Healdað forðy..þonne haligan Cristes lichaman..to seocum mannum fram sunnandæge to sunnandæge on swiþe clænum boxcse. c1330 Lai le Freine in (1929) 10 iii. 7 (MED) Þis Frein þriued fram ȝer to ȝer; Þe abbesse nece men wend it were. c1400 ( G. Chaucer (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 3 A table of the verray Moeuyng of the Mone from howre to howre. 1530 J. Palsgrave 808/2 From hour to hour, de heure en heure. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. vii. 26 And so from houre to houre, we ripe, and ripe. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Bolton (5 Edw. IV) 37 On paine of two pence a man from moneth to other. 1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli State France in 259 Having received a new policy from three months to three months. 1711 J. Addison No. 63. ¶1 The Thoughts will be rising of themselves from time to time. 1790 W. Cowper He who sits from day to day Where the prisoned lark is hung. 1848 J. D. Morell iii. 125 A primitive revelation, which has been perpetuated from age to age..to the present time. 1958 26 Dec. 1620/3 The ability of some of them to change color from minute to minute. 1984 51 54 How does it come to pass that macro-properties are relatively constant from moment to moment? 2005 J. Diamond (2006) xiii. 384 Rain is unpredictable from year to year within a decade, and is even more unpredictable from decade to decade. 4. eOE (Parker) anno 755 Him cyþdon þæt hiera mægas him mid wæron þa þe him from noldon. OE 47 Ne ablinnan we.., þæt we..mid Cristes rode tacne us gebletsian, þonne flyhþ þæt deofol fram us. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 298 Bute ich Parti from ow, þe haligast..ne mei naut cume to ow. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 340 in C. Horstmann (1887) 116 Sire henri, þe kingus sone..bi-lefde euere In is warde, fram him nolde he nouȝt. c1450 (a1325) (BL Add. 36983) p. 1641 Hit rewiþ me That I schal Iohan parte fram þee. 1579 E. Spenser Aug. 107 Yet should thilke lasse not from my thought. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 21 We will not from the Helme, to sit and weepe. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 97 And, spurring from the Fight confess their Fear. View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Swift & J. Addison No. 32 She shrinks from the Touch like a Sensitive Plant. 1838 C. Thirlwall (new ed.) II. 304 He withdrew from the council unobserved. 1843 28 714 I recoiled from the murderous instrument. 1942 W. S. Churchill (1943) 229 This very powerful force.., including all the best tanks, the Grants and the Shermans, was withdrawn from the battle front. 1990 June 43/1 I was driving home from my office, exhausted from overwork. 2003 Mar. 73/1 Rodents instinctually shy away from the smell of a cat. the world > space > direction > in the direction of [preposition] > averted or deflected from OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) vii. 62 Se ðe awent his neb fram clypigendum ðearfan, he sylf clypað eft to gode, and his stemn ne bið gehyred. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. x. 194 Þa syððan gestilde se flod & gecyrde fram þan cyriclande to his agnum rihtryne. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 25 Ȝif þe face is a weyward from þe water. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 11 Men of Grece ben cristene ȝit þei varien from oure feith. 1597 R. Hooker v. xxx. 64 Whether it be a thing allowable or no that the Minister should..turne his face at any time from the people. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta i. i, in (1647) sig. Iiiii4/1 Why speak'st thou from me. 1732 G. Berkeley II. vii. ii. 128 Mankind are generally averse from thinking. 1815 J. Smith I. 422 The ray being bent towards the perpendicular on entering another medium of greater density, and from the perpendicular, on entering a medium of less density. 1841 R. A. Davenport 223 The change which was brought about in Lackington and his friends..diverted them from licentious pursuits, and made them stick to their lasts. 1910 W. Smart xxiv. 453 The Protest was drawn up by Grenville, who had seldom swerved from what was even then considered the ‘economist's doctrine’ of Free Trade. 1968 12/2 A stream of fluid flowing through a small channel..can be deflected from its initial path when hit by a smaller control jet. 2005 15 503 Leaves..with the innermost pair of primary veins diverging from the midvein in opposite or subalternate fashion. 5. Denoting the distance, absence, or remoteness of a person or thing in a fixed position. the world > space > distance > [preposition] > denoting extent of distance from eOE (Parker) anno 892 On þa ea hi tugon up hiora scipu oþ þone weald iiii mila fram þæm muþan uteweardum. OE 43 Þonne sægde Sanctus Pauwlus þæt he gesawe naht feor from þæs mæssepreostes sidan..oþerne ealdne man. c1300 St. Michael (Harl.) in T. Wright (1841) 137 For her in the north half ho so lie nele, For hit is so fur fram the sonne noman ne woneth for chele. c1350 (1866) App. 270 Lyȝt ne is naȝt awaye: ac ye byeþ awaye uram lyȝte. 1511 (Pynson) f. xxxiiijv Sydon is but right lytell from ye Citie of Tire. 1588 J. Udall iii. 19 How can he feed them from whom he is absent. 1588 J. Udall iii. 22 If the priests might not dwell farre from the temple. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 124 in tr. Procopius The Ocean being far distant from these mountains. 1766 O. Goldsmith II. vi. 90 We were now got from my late dwelling about two miles. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in 91 Alone with her good angels, far apart From wicked men like thee. 1838 T. Arnold (1845) I. xii. 211 Veii lay about ten miles from Rome. 1847 A. Helps I. ix. 170 I am far from saying that merit is sufficiently looked out for. 1925 July 301/1 Skirts not more than nine inches from the ground, elbow-length sleeves, closely-fitting collars and rougeless faces. 1987 2 July 29/2 Gamma Cephei is more distant, about 48 light years from the Sun. 2005 (U.K. ed.) June 38/2 It can be located three times further from the wireless point. the world > space > place > absence > with absence of (a thing) [preposition] > away from or out of OE (Claud.) xxxii. 23 Hi cwædon to me, þa ðu him fram wære & wiþ God spæce [etc.]. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 298 Hwen ich beo from ow ich wule senden him ow. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iv. l. 766 What is Criseyde worth from Troylus. c1460 (a1325) (Laud) l. 10413 When he hym held from home. 1562 J. Heywood Sixt Hundred Epigrammes xxxv, in sig. Cciiiv I dwell from the citee in subbarbes. 1571 in W. H. Turner (1880) 339 Noe freman of the Cytie..shall grynde from the said milles any kynd of grayne. 1584 R. Scot xv. x. 408 Go to a faire parlor or chamber..and from people nine daies. 1607 T. Middleton ii. sig. E 'Tis now good policie to be from sight. 1738 S. Johnson 225 Sign your will, before you sup from home. 1761 F. Sheridan II. 118 Mrs. Arnold was from under her husband's protection. 1796 J. Moser I. 238 He was continually from home, running from one house to another. 1802 E. Parsons IV. 203 Georgina she could not bear a moment from her sight. 1974 W. Leeds 63 I must be from here by noon. 6. the world > space > place > removal or displacement > denoting removal or displacement [preposition] OE 67 Maria hire geceas þone betstan dæl, se ne bið næfre fram hire afyrred. OE (Corpus Cambr.) xxv. 32 Swa swa se hyrde asyndraþ ða scep fram tyccenum. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 173 Seinte Pawel hefde..flesches pricunge..& bed ure lauerd ȝeorne þet he dude hit from him, & he nolde. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiii. l. 446 For to saue þi soule fram Sathan þin enemy. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. xviii. 21 Which gave occasion unto a brother of his to take away his life from him. 1590 C. S. 26 From the determination of a counsell there can be no appellation. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Epil. 9 But release me from my bands. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 111 Some bending Valley..Clos'd from the Sun, but open to the Wind. View more context for this quotation 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in 41 There hungry dogs from hungry children steal. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in 57 Paled in and vineyarded from beggar-spies. 1841 M. Elphinstone I. App. iii. 439 The narrow tract..separated from Mékrán..by the range of hills which form Cape Arboo. 1891 92 18/2 Will there be an appeal to the Court of Appeal from a refusal to certify? 1921 G. B. Shaw p. lxxiii They banish the Bible from their houses. 1971 J. Kerr (2002) xiii. 131 But now Paris was suddenly crowded with refugees from Hitler, all eager to learn French. 2021 21 Feb. 56/1 We're already isolated from our communities, and pandemic fatigue is pushing us even farther away from one another. b. Denoting abstention, deliverance, freedom, prohibition, privation, separation, etc., from a state, condition, action, etc. Used with numerous verbs and their related nouns and adjectives, such as abstain, acquit, cease, cleanse, debar, depart, exclude, exempt, forbid, free, keep, protect, refrain, restrain, shield, suspend, etc.the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > denoting deliverance [preposition] OE 25 Monige men syndon þe..nellaþ ablinnan from heora unrihtum gestreonum & gitsunga. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) ii. ii.102 He wæs freo þa fram þæra uncysta [OE Otho þære uncyste] deofles costunge [L. liber quippe a temptationis uitio]. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 258 Ich halsi ow..þet ȝe wið halden ow from fleschliche lustes. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 7211 Ssephurdes hii beþ luþere vor hii ne witeþ noȝt Hor ssep fram þe wolues. 1340 (1866) 86 Þe guodemen..þet god heþ yvryd..uram þe þreldome of þe dyeule. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 70 He hadde herd my counseil, þat þer was noon oþer wey þat myȝte saue þe sike man from deeþ. 1535 Isa. lviii. C Yf thou..ceasest from blasphemous talkinge. 1544 Letanie in sig. Bv Frome battayle and murder, and frome sodayne deathe; Good lorde deliuer vs. 1576 A. Fleming 400 (margin) Greedines of vayne glorie an impediment from keeping due order. 1638 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper xv, in (1658) 623 Though we are not perfectly cleansed from the soil [of sin], yet are we soundly healed from the mortalness and bruises of it. 1647 N. Ward 48 To keep their Kings from Divelizing. 1710 R. Steele No. 176. ⁋1 After a little Ease from the raging Pain caused by..an aking Tooth. 1732 G. Berkeley I. i. iii. 11 Lysicles cou'd hardly refrain from laughing. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in 53 When thy rich Master seems from trouble free. 1845 M. Pattison in Jan. 78 To vindicate himself from the charge of treason. 1847 A. Helps I. xi. 196 I did not attempt to dissuade Milverton from his purpose. 1921 G. B. Shaw iv. i. 169 Yes: there is an electric hedge there. It is a very old and very crude method of keeping animals from straying. 1971 12 531/3 The subhuman hominids were probably protected from much predation..by a high degree of intragroup cooperation. 2020 J. Hazeley & N. Tatarowicz 12 Low intelligence, male privilege or a cavalier attitude does not preclude you from doing your bit. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in 429 Not to haue been dipt in Lethe lake Could saue the sonne of Thetis from to die. 1596 E. Spenser iv. v. sig. E2v He sau'd the victour from fordonne. View more context for this quotation a1484 Treat. Seven Liberal Arts in (1993) 68 1043 (MED) Subtraccioun is a drawyng away of on nombre from another to knowe what levith. ?1537 R. Benese sig. D.iiiv Take away. xxvi. from .iiiixx. and ther dothe remayne but .liiii. acres. 1623 J. Johnson i. ii. sig. C If you subtract the numbers which you added from the totall of the Addition, there will remaine nothing, if the worke be truly done. 1830 S. Davis (ed. 2) 18 The remainer [sic], is what is left of the largest number, after the less number is taken from it. 1904 29 Sept. 1581/2 How can you take six from five, anyway? 1978 P. Roth 188 As we know from all our years of schooling, three from six is three, eight from one doesn't go, so we must borrow one from the preceding digit. 2011 P. M. Higgins i. 13 To test whether or not n has a factor of 11, subtract the final digit from the remaining truncated number and repeat. the world > time > change > change [preposition] OE Ælfric (Royal) (1997) xv. 303 Se hælend wæs þa afaren fram þrowunge to æriste, fram deaðe to life, fram wite to wuldre. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 45 Ester dei..is muneȝing of his halie ariste from deðe to liue. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 64 Wreaððe..forschuppeð him from mon in to beastes cunde. c1300 (c1250) (Cambr.) (1966) l. 306 Ha..chaungeþ fram water into blod. 1340 (1866) 7 Oure lhord aros uram dyaþe to lyue þane zonday. c1475 (c1399) (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. l. 5 Ȝe were lyghtlich ylyfte from þat ȝou leef þouȝte, And from ȝoure willffull werkis ȝoure will was chaungid. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 25 Euen as a forme of waxe Resolueth from his figure 'gainst the fire. View more context for this quotation 1636 tr. J. Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin ii. viii. 328 From a slave she became to be a Princesse. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in 76 Mean while the Health of Arcite still impairs; From Bad proceeds to Worse. 1740 S. Richardson I. xxii. 55 You have made our Master from the sweetest-temper'd Gentleman in the World, one of the most peevish. 1771 O. Goldsmith II. 203 From being attacked, the French now in turn became the aggressors. 1823 F. Clissold 23 The western arc of the misty circle kindled, from a rosy to a deep reddening glow. 1856 J. A. Froude (1858) I. iv. 312 It became necessary to increase the penalty..from banishment to death. 1870 J. E. T. Rogers 2nd Ser. 51 From villains they became prosperous and independent yeomen. 1872 R. Browning cx. 6 Temples..which tremblingly grew blank From bright. 1938 Jan. 59/2 The constant changing from hot to cold, as generally goes on in the average American home, causes a continuous expansion and contraction of the pigments and ground of the painting. 1972 F. Mowat iv. 49 The whale had been transformed from edible game into an article of commerce. 2006 J. Miller 227 He talked about how the working man could rise from poverty and become a millionaire if he worked hard enough. 8. the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [preposition] > different from eOE (Mercian) (1965) viii. 6 Minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis, gloria et honore coronasti eum : ðu gewonedes hine hwoene laessan from englum mid wuldre & mid are ðu gebegades hine. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiii. 132 Se heofenlica fæder wuldrað his bearn, and toscæt his wuldor fram oðra manna wuldre ðearle unwiðmetenlice. c1330 (Auch.) (1991) l. 256 Nu ben þeih so degysed and diuerseliche idiht, Vnneþe may men knowe a gleman from a kniht. c1400 ( G. Chaucer (Brussels) (1940) ii. §35. f. 93v (MED) The mone meveth the contrarie from othere planetes. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. Prol. l. 56 Clotheden hem in copis to ben knowen fram othere. ?a1450 tr. Lanfranc (BL Add. 12056) (1894) 50 Woundys þat beþ mad wiþ brosynge, as wiþ smytynge of a staf, oþere ston, oþer fallynge,..habbith gret differens from woundis þat beþ y-made wiþ kuttynge. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Bvijv The Elephant is a beast..little inferiour from humaine sense. 1641 R. Younge (ed. 2) xv. 88 Yea, when to our cost, we can (Adam like) good from evill clearely, the subtile Serpent can deceive no longer. a1656 J. Hales (1677) iv. 170 Others from themselves. 1762 iii. 37 Her life was ease and pleasure: how unlike from what she must inevitably be reduced to! 1828 R. Whately i. ii. §2 Quite foreign from all their experience. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 82 The extreme Puritan was at once known from other men by his gait. 1861 M. Pattison in Apr. 414 The Corporation had its constitution, not materially differing from those of other guilds. 1887 ‘L. Carroll’ iv. 94 You can't tell one flower from another. 1951 H. L. Fevold in D. M. Greenberg v. 261 Globulins are differentiated from albumins by the fact that those classified as ‘true’ or euglobulins are insoluble in water at the isoelectric point whereas albumins are soluble. 2007 9 Jan. (Motoring section) 2/1 Extra distinction from its siblings is lent via elongated styling lines and a wider stance. the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [preposition] > apart or away from the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > affected with OE (Julius) 17 Aug. (2013) 162 Se leo cwæð:..ic eom nu genyded from godes englum þæt ic for ðe sprece from minre gecynde. c1460 (McClean) (1960) 114 (MED) Vnmylde folk..ben not had and possessid of god with in hem self but ben from hem self and had and possessid of ire and wraith. 1490 (1962) xii. 43 She fell doune from her amblere as a woman from her self and in a swone. 1531 T. Elyot iii. xx. sig. eviiiv Thou arte all inflamed with wrathe, & clene from the pacience, which thou so much praysest. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in 58 M. Heskins collections are vaine, and from the authors meaning. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) iii. xviii. sig. Ss5 He was quite from himselfe. 1607 T. Middleton v. sig. H4v O pardon me to call you from your names. 1609 W. Shakespeare cxlvii. sig. I3v My thoughts and my discourse as mad mens are, At randon from the truth vainely exprest. a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta iii. iv, in (1647) sig. Lllll3v/1 A very hard thing sir, and from my power. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 159 in (1640) III If now the phrase of him that speaks shall flow In sound quite from his fortune [L. fortunis absona]. 1764 H. Walpole v. 170 Thou answerest from the point. 9. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from or out of OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) x. 94 Feower heafodwindas sind; se fyrmesta is easterne wind, Subsolanus gehaten, forðan ðe he blæwð fram ðære sunnan upsprincge. a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris (1873) 2nd Ser. 151 Þe sunne teð water fram eorðe up to þe wolcne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xli. 255 Þe reynes..drawiþ watry humours fram þe lyuour. a1640 R. Burton (1651) iii. ii. v. i. 545 I light my Candle from their Torches. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 146 From his Herd he culls, For Slaughter, four the fairest of his Bulls. View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in 361 Clarissa drew..A two-edg'd Weapon from her shining Case. 1808 W. Scott v. Introd. 235 Such notes as from the Breton tongue Marie translated. 1838 T. Arnold I. vii She drew a knife from her bosom. 1843 28 565 Jenny gathers cranberries from the neighbouring wood. 1864 10 718/2 A labourer..employed..to dig ballast from a pit. 1879 R. W. Church ii. 29 He came from Cambridge. 1885 80 37/2 The following, extracted respectively from The World and Truth. 1897 F. Hall in 64 163/1 This list I could amplify from my own verbal stores. 1942 17 95 These fruits..were carefully selected from a large supply of fruits in almost identical state of unripeness. 1979 J. Wainwright iv. 26 Lyle took a pen from his breast pocket and made a small alteration on the quarto-sized sheet. 2018 S. Markley 10 One great-grandfather had emigrated from Bavaria, and he and his people brought with them glass-cutting skills. 1641 8 The towne full of people from all parts of the kingdome as then vnreturned back to their owne dwellings, from their sitting in Parliament. 1644 R. Baillie 10 Aug. (1841) II. 217 Two thousand five hundred runagates from Ireland. 1697 J. Pollexfen 100 These Manufactured Goods from India, met with such a kind reception, that [etc.]. 1725 D. Defoe I. xxiii. 404 Serge, from Taunton and Excester. 1771 R. Henry I. i. vi. 378 The Phœnicians from Cadiz were the only persons who traded to these islands. 1781 127/1 About each arch is a large square of arabesques, surrounded with a rim of characters, that are generally quotations from the Koran. 1833 Sir R. Peel in 29 Sept. (1884) II. 214 I saw some extracts from it in the newspapers. 1849 T. B. Macaulay II. 3 Zealous Cavaliers from the country. 1895 Oct. 26/2 The history has been..distorted by stock quotations from the fathers. 2002 J. McGahern (2003) 21 A gang of criminals from the East End was in the same wing of the prison. 2007 (Nexis) 13 June (Life section) d1 As the Washington apple harvest winds down, fruit from New Zealand will fill the gap. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from a place or perspective OE Ælfric (Claud.) xiii. 14 Ahefe upp þine eagan & beheald fram ðære stowe þe ðu on stenst to norðdæle & to suðdæle. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring (1891) xiii. 3 Our Lord loked fram heuen vp mennes sones. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 3192 The lady of the high warde Which from hir tour lokide thiderward Resoun men clepe that lady. 1540 Philipp. i. 8 For God is my recorde, howe greately I longe after you all, from the very herte rote in Iesus Christe. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. v. 226 Iul: Speakst thou this from thy heart? Nur: I and from my soule. View more context for this quotation 1619 S. Daniel To Henry Wriothesly in (1623) ii. 76 He..doth from a patience hie Looke onely on the cause. 1658 246 Gay ornaments hanging from the window's and balcons. 1667 J. Milton xii. 227 God from the Mount of Sinai..will himself..Ordaine them Lawes. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 141 The sultry Dog-star from the Sky Scorch'd Indian Swains. View more context for this quotation 1771 R. Henry I. i. v. 338 Those who fought from chariots. 1801 R. Southey II. viii. 102 The Cryer from the Minaret, Proclaimed the midnight hour. 1844 I. 150 Each of us hung a bag from his shoulders. 1867 G. F. Chambers vii. v. 667 When observations are made from the deck of a ship. 1887 ‘L. Carroll’ i. §3. 35 From their point of view they are perfectly right. 1947 K. Patchen 192 An off-tone trumpet sounded from somewhere. 1985 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder II in R. Curtis et al. (1998) 120/1 It's a steady job and you'd be working from home. 2003 C. N. Adichie (2004) 131 There is Odim hill. The view from the top is breathtaking. 11. the world > action or operation > of action or operation [preposition] > indicating source of action OE 45 Þonne onfoþ hi from Gode maran mede þonne hi from ænigum oþrum lacum don. OE (York) iii. 273 Ic nam me to gemynde þa gewritu & þa word, þe se arcebiscop Lyfing me fram þam papan brohte of Rome. a1250 in C. Brown (1932) 5 Uor þere gretunge þet Gabriel ðe brouhte urom ure heouen-kinge. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 10 Æfter þan flode þe from [c1300 Otho fram] Drihtene com. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1872) §2853 The victorie of a bataile comth nat by the grete nombre of peple but it come from [c1405 Hengwrt fro] oure lord god of heuene. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) vii. 159 Ye shall telle the emperour from my behalve, that [etc.]. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. ii. 2 b With a frigat to accompany us and to bring backe newes from us. 1609 W. Shakespeare i. 206 An arrow shot from a well experienst Archer. 1611 John vii. 29 For I am from him, and he hath sent me. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. iii. 103 He bad me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet ii. iii. §1 Moses tells them as from God himself. 1669 G. Miège 353 On the third [day]..he had Audience from his Majesty. 1731 A. Dobbs II. 36 No person using Tobacco or Snuff should be allow'd to buy from any Whole-sale Merchant. 1790 W. Combe II. viii. 30 In this business, as in every other, she acted from herself. 1844 C. Thirlwall VIII. 303 Dionysodorus, an envoy from Attalus. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 405 Independence, veracity, self-respect, were things not required by the world from him. 1883 22 Sept. 4/6 Virulent abuse from that class of men. 1906 R. Kipling 252 A present from the Gentlemen, along o' being good! 1950 A. Buckeridge (1996) iv. 48 ‘That's quite enough from you, Jennings,’ he spluttered. 2017 E. L. Sánchez xviii. 237 There are hundreds of spam emails from many different companies. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxvii. 251 Þa wæs forbærned fram Langbeardum seo cyrce þæs eadigan Laurenties. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1129 He wæs gehalgod to biscop fram þone ærcebiscop Willelm of Cantwarabyri. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring (1891) liv. 2 Ich..am tribluled fram þe voice of myn enemy [L. a voce inimici]. 12. Denoting derivation, source, descent, or the like. the world > space > place > belonging to or localized in a place [preposition] the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from or derived (of material things) OE (1992) xxi. 356 God gesceop þone fyrmystan mann Adam of eorðan lame.., & we syððan fram him comon. lOE (Laud) anno 449 Fram þan Wodne awoc eall ure cynecynn & Suðanhymbra eac. c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) l. 202 in C. Horstmann (1887) 7 A swiþe fair welle, Fram ȝwam alle þe wateres on eorþe comiez. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 124 This Calfe, bred from his Cow. View more context for this quotation 1646 Sir T. Browne v. v. 239 Eve, who..anomalously proceeded from Adam. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton v. 480 So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk, from thence the leaves More aerie. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil 136 Clio and Beroe, from one Father both. View more context for this quotation 1736 W. Stukeley in W. C. Lukis (1887) III. 169 Ebulus or wild elder, fancyed to spring from the Danes blood. 1771 R. Henry I. i. vi. 371 The greatest rivers sometimes flow from the smallest fountains. 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in 63 Bequeath'd to missions, money from the stocks. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in 22 A real woman, lineal indeed From Pyrrha's pebbles or old Adam's seed. 1870 R. Anderson II. ix. 68 Dangerous cuts from a sabre. 1936 F. J. Killington I. 5 The Megaloptero-Neuropteran stock and Mecoptera arose from a common ancestor. 1966 2 May 8/6 Mr Amery, Minister of Aviation, told Parliament that damage from the Concord's sonic booms would be ‘negligible’. 2017 17 June 14/3 At least one team has discovered water-rich rock fragments in volcanic debris originating from the mantle. the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from or derived (of immaterial things) c1443 R. Pecock (1927) 307 Ech deede of þi service muste procede from þe doomys and avisis of resoun now seid. 1585 J. Stell in T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Ded. ⁋3 An argument drawen from the greatnesse of the labors. 1658 J. Robinson ii. 23 The Argumentation is from a Similitude, therefore not Apodictick. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in 355 What dire Offence from Am'rous Causes springs. 1795 65 541/1 You will be astonished at the logick which could draw such an inference from that address. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in 56 Enriched from ancestral merchandize. 1838 C. Thirlwall (new ed.) IV. 223 Several very pernicious consequences arose from this bent of mind. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 320 His chief pleasures were commonly derived from field sports and from an unrefined sensuality. 1887 ‘L. Carroll’ i. §2. 21 Let us try to draw a Conclusion from the two Premisses. 1917 14 653 The second fallacy arises from the attribution of the so-called religious experience to outside, ‘higher’ forces. 1965 20 401 The methods of analysis range from historical-ethical criticism of policy to deduction from formal models. 2001 12 Nov. 4/1 You'd get the impression from the stories out there that there's an armed guard on most planes. 1620 G. Markham ii. 12 Neither shall you neede to respect the colour and complexion of the Lime, as whether it be purely white (as that which is made from chalke) or gray (as that which is made from the smal Lymestone) or else blackish browne (as that which is made from the great stone and maine Quarrie). a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. i. xxi, in (1640) III Adverbs of qualitie.., being formed from Nounes, for the most part, by adding ly. 1656 J. Smith 301 It may be made from nutrimental Juyce, thickned and hardned. 1742 W. Ellis (ed. 4) I. 22 This is the strongest Butt-beer that is brewed from brown Malt. 1819 J. G. Children 274 Benzoic acid, formed from gum benzoin, is solid, white, and slightly ductile. 1943 Jan. 29/1 Equipment..built for the new Safety Skills course... One 8' climbing wall three inches thick, built from scrap lumber. 2015 (Nexis) 29 Jan. The earliest farmsteads were nondescript three-room dwellings hastily constructed from rough stone, earth and clay. 13. the mind > language > naming > [preposition] > expressing origin of name OE (Tiber. B.iv) Introd. Wæs heora heretoga Reoda gehaten. Fram þam hy synd genæmnede Dalreodi. OE tr. Bede (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. i. 28 On fruman ærest wæron þysses ealondes bigengan Bryttas ane, fram þam hit naman onfeng. 1611 T. Coryate sig. Kk8 [The battle was] betwixt the Armeniaci (so called from a certaine Earledome of Aquitanie..) and the Heluetians. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 51 For sure Æacides Was Aiax cald so from his grandfather. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley I. i. 85 Cleobulus..had a daughter whom he named Eumetis, but was called commonly from her father Cleobulina. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis iii, in tr. Virgil 268 I lay the deep Foundations of a Wall; And Enos, nam'd from me, the City call. 1800 H. Wells III. 266 I am..to take charge of a younger brother, who was named from him. 1875 I. xi. 195 The Birdcage walk..was so named from the cages of an aviary disposed among the trees which bordered it. 1974 R. M. Kirk et al. vi. 107 Vascular spiders (named from the spider-like appearance of dilated arterioles). 2007 P. Parsons iii. 32 He [sc. Alexander the Great] founded a new city, on the Mediterranean coast, which was to become the most famous and enduring of the cities he named from himself. the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [preposition] > indicating a model, rule, or copy 1602 H. Plat (new ed.) sig. B3v Hauing your rabbets, woodcocke, &c. molded either in plaister from life, or else carued in wood..poure your sugar-paste thereon. 1679 J. Moxon I. vii. 130 You are to consider what Apartments..to make on your Ground-plot..and to set them off from your Scale. 1689 Pref. sig. Avja Being printed from a foul Copy. 1760 G. Edwards II. 174 The Marsh-Hawk is engraved from a drawing done from life in Pensilvania. 1777 R. Waddington Elem. Geom. 85 To make a Mercator's Chart by Meridional Parts, to be set off from a Scale of Equal Parts. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins III. lviii. 259 She sketched objects; she colored from nature. 1904 W. B. Yeats 5 Oct. (1994) III. 661 Your process here seems to be quite different, you are taking your situations more from life, you are for the first time trying to get the atmosphere of a place. 1972 E. J. Dobson p. x It must have been one of two copies made simultaneously from a single exemplar. 1995 2 Nov. 38/1 By painting directly from nature the Brotherhood aimed to recapture the lambency and truthfulness of pre-Renaissance Italian and Flemish art. 14. the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [preposition] > because of eOE tr. Bede (Tanner) v. vi. 402 He næfre fram ungleawnesse & for his unscearpnisse ða ðenunge to cristienne oðþe to fullwienne on riht geleornian meahte. lOE Writ of Ælfðryð, Winchester (Sawyer 1242) in F. E. Harmer (1952) 396 Se cyning cwæð þa þet he nahte nan land ut to syllanne, þa he ne dorste fram Godes ege him sylf ðet heafod habban. 1595 H. Roberts sig. D1v Thou hast without desert bene iealous, become zealous from enuying him, that no way wished thee euill. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. v. 24 Your Highnesse Shall from this practise, but make hard your heart. View more context for this quotation a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iii. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. F3/2 For what I now doe, is not out of Spleene..but from remorse of conscience. 1663 A. Cowley 2nd Olympique, Argt. He is commended..from his Hospitality, Munificence and other Virtues. 1710 J. Norris ii. 99 His Cunning is the more odious from the resemblance it has to Wisdom. 1764 S. Foote i. 10 Whether from the fall or the fright, the Major mov'd off in a month. 1796 Hist. in 8 They spoke and acted from principle. 1844 B. Disraeli II. iv. iii. 17 Remarkable from the neatness..of its architecture. 1883 29 Oct. 5/4 The firm had to suspend payment, not from any fault of their own, but from their connection with another firm. 1937 C. Day Lewis i. ii. 32 I'd not be sure that I wasn't doing it from false motives—from envy..or inferiority-feeling. 2004 21 Sept. (Review section) 2/2 No one speaks, partly from fear, partly because this is hard, desperate work. OE cviii. 24 Genua mea infirmata sunt a ieiunio : cneowa mine geuntrumode synd fram fæstene. a1629 T. Goffe (1633) v. vi. sig. I2 Old Strophius dead from griefe. 1776 32/2 The man could not be brought here..without imminent danger of expiring from fatigue. 1851 11 Jan. 23 Nine children died from want of breast milk. 1885 T. Raleigh in Apr. 151 A person suffering from senile dementia is not a lunatic. 1990 1 iv. 83 I was near passing out from anxiety. 2011 L. Austin ii. 19 I arrived for work the next morning tired and foggy-brained from lack of sleep. OE (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 16 Fram hyra wæstmun ge hi undergytað. 1590 H. Broughton tr. M. Beroald 14 How discordant they be from holy scripture, is manifest from those things which before haue been spoken, that there neede be no stay made to confute this. 1600 R. Allen iii. 95 It is cleare from this discourse, that the errour and dotage of all such is very grosse & palpable. 1646 157 Now that both the prelacy, and power, which the Bishops in our daies arrogate to themselves, is not Jure Divino, but Antichristiano, is manifest from the word. 1673 J. Ray (1738) I. 7 That the rain doth continually wash down earth from the mountains..is manifest from the Lagune or flats about Venice. 1855 J. W. Croker Let. in (1884) III. xxix. 328 From your silence I fear the fact is so. 1891 M. R. Haselden in 92 107/1 From the language of the preamble you might perhaps fancy that [etc.]. 1968 W. E. Lambert in J. A. Fishman (1968) 480 It is clear from these analyses that the subtests of the Modern Language Aptitude Test..are generally highly correlated with intelligence. 2007 (Nexis) 15 June She coughed and I could tell from her expression that one of the grapes was stuck. †B. adv.the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adverb] OE (1942) 317 Ic eom frod feores; fram ic ne wille, ac ic me be healfe minum hlaforde, be swa leofan men, licgan þence. lOE (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 91 Ealswa hi hit underfengon æt Alexandrian, þa funden hi hit ealswa fullice swilc þær an corn nære fram gedon. ?c1450 tr. (1906) 60 The synner that gothe ofte to and from in his foule plesaunce. 1608 E. Topsell 24 A slyding snake..Glyding along the Altar from, and backe. a1661 R. Bargrave (1999) 135 We lost our way, & wandred to and from, in the darkesome night, through mereish boggy Grounds, & over narrow bridges. 1681 (rev. ed.) I. 313/2 Circumcurso..Angl. To runne often to and frome. †C. conj.the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > thereafter or after that lOE (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1127 Þis wæs sægon & herd fram þet he þider com eall þet lentedtid on an to Eastren. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 20 From ouwer compelin oðet Preciosa beo iseid, haldeð silence. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) (1891) l. 850 From she was .XII. yeer of age She of hir loue graunt hym made. a1500 (1870) 1432 Euery gilt..Done frome he passith the ȝeris of Innocens. 1583 G. Babington ix. 479 From morning to night, from we rise till wee goe to bed. 1596 W. Warner (rev. ed.) xi. lxvii. 284 From Elizabeth to Raigne, and I to liue begunne. Phrases Used in several of the main senses (esp. senses A. 1, A. 2, A. 3, A. 9, A. 10) with an adverb or a prepositional phrase as object. a. With a prepositional phrase. OE (Corpus Cambr.) iv. 25 Fram Iudea & fram begeondan Iordanen. c1230 (?a1200) (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 14 Makieð..a large creoiz wið þe þume & wið þe twa fingres. from buue þe forheaued dun to þe breoste. c1380 (1879) l. 2327 Þe Amyral þat was so riche ys falle doun fram an heȝ. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Luke xxiv. 49 Til that ȝe be clothid with vertu from an hiȝ [E.V. c1384 Douce 369(2) fro an hiȝ]. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens v. xx. 575 The garden & wilde Purcelayne, do flower from after the moneth of June, vntill September. 1594 W. Shakespeare iv. i. 44 Shee culd it from among the rest. View more context for this quotation 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in The sacred well That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring. 1654 49 The Custos brevium in the Court of Common-Pleas which hath been an office usually granted by Letters-Patent from before the Reign of Edw. I. 1671 J. Milton 1691 His fiery vertue rouz'd From under ashes into sudden flame. View more context for this quotation 1710 R. Steele No. 170. ⁋4 I thought it better to remove a studious Countenance from among busy ones. 1719 D. Defoe 134 That they might feast on fresh Meat from on Shore, as we did with their Salt Meat from on Board. 1786 H. Mackenzie No. 56 (1787) II. 197 I see my grandmother..looking at me from under her spectacles. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. i. i. 15 A..body of horsemen..dashed from amidst the trees. 1943 Dec. 764/1 All the folks from around here was there. 1985 xiii. 319/1 Similar fossils from rocks from after the Precambrian era can sometimes be assigned to ornamented eukaryotic algae. 2006 F. Kiernan & G. Hemphill I. i. 11 From over the fence we hear a rumpus. 1489 King Henry VII in (2004) I. 657 This day aftre High Masse comyth vnto vs from oute of Bretayne..oon of oure pursiuantes, that ratifieth the newes of the seid Lord Malpertuis, which ben these. a1593 C. Marlowe (c1600) sig. B6v His soule is fled from out his breast. 1593 R. Hooker i. viii. 64 [A principle] drawne from out of the very bowels of heauen and earth. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 142 I will choose Mine heyre from forth the Beggers of the world. View more context for this quotation 1632 G. Hughes 51 Know ye not that God hath taken away your captaine from off your heads this day? 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in 68 Knights unhors'd may rise from off the Plain. 1773 G. White Let. 26 Mar. in (1789) 152 From out of the side of this bed leaped an animal. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in 98 While he from forth the closet brought a heap [etc.]. 1841 Jan. 66/2 The cession clause, by which we get the heavy, crushing, Federal foot from off of our necks. 1887 A. Birrell 2nd Ser. 150 Ready to engage with all comers on all subjects from out the stores of his accumulated knowledge. 1957 July 17/2 A wave swept in at him ‘from out of nowhere’ and proved to be a shore-breaker. 1992 A. Thorpe ix. 196 It do kip the wolf from off of our door. 2017 J. Cohen 187 The porch sagged bellylike from off its columns. b. the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [preposition] > from or coming from a1225 MS Lamb. in R. Morris (1868) 1st Ser. 61 Parais [emended in ed. to paradis], from hwonne þe engles a-dun follon in to þe þosternesse hellen. c1390 (a1376) W. Langland (Vernon) (1867) A. iii. 105 Com late from bi-ȝonde. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) l. 7505 I hadde no helpe but from aboue. c1460 (a1325) (Laud) l. 16749 They sewid hym in wele and wo & sie that sorowfull tide ffrom then [a1400 Gött. fra þan, Trin. Cambr. fro þenne] yt darkyd tille þe mone. a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden (1842) (modernized text) 403 A destiny which from ever hath been, is, and shall be true. 1625 F. Bacon (new ed.) 204 That the Plantation may spread into Generations, and not be euer peeced from without. 1685 J. Dryden v. 9 They min'd it near, they batter'd from a far. 1748 J. Thomson ii. 391 And from beneath was heard a wailing sound. 1770 O. Goldsmith 116 The mingling notes came softened from below. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in 65 The breath of Winter comes from far away. 1837 T. Carlyle I. ii. vii. 76 From of old, Doubt was but half a magician. 1880 J. A. J. Neafie iii. iii. 47 From then until the present, I closely have observ'd them, and to save Her and thy fortunes, did renew my suit. 1953 9 Jan. 9/6 Edwards..just lacked the necessary speed to escape a late tackle from behind. 1998 R. Carr i. 4 By sun-up, people from nearby were starting to come past to see if any fish were for sale. 2010 (Nexis) 7 Feb. 40 The song will be available for download from today and on CD single tomorrow. 1934 15 Sept. 13/5 From here in we'll answer the mail. 1961 C. Isherwood Diary 2 Apr. in (2010) II. 58 That was the third drunk night in a row... Must lay off from now on in. 1988 G. Patterson (1993) 188 He quickly discovered, however, that even fights were apparently to be different from here on in. 1995 No. 2. 136/1 God knows it ain't easy being me, but from now in Ima try a little harder to..see the other guy's lame-ass point of view. 2004 A. Greig (2005) 87 Most of the work is defining the problem, and from then on in it's just application and a bit of imagination. 2021 (Nexis) 4 Nov. 29 Our relationship has just grown naturally from there on in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). <  prep.adv.conj.eOE |
