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.
