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AWAYS
Adverb
aways
Alternative spelling of a ways
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
AWAY
A*way", adv. Etym: [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
1. From a place; hence. The sound is going away. Shak. Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23.
2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.
3. Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.
4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. Be near me when I fade away. Tennyson.
5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone; take ~. And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. Exod. xix. 24.
6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away. [Colloq.]
Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as, whither away so fast "Love hath wings, and will away." Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away. Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (Isa. i. 13 ), i. e., "I can not bear or endure [it]." -- Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with, crucify him." John xix. 15.
– To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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