Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE-SIDE'
BE-SIDE', prep. [be and side, by the side.]
- At the side of a person or thing; near; as, sit down beside me, or beside the stream.
- Over and above; distinct from. Beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. – Luke xvi.
- On one side; out of the regular course or order; not according to, but not contrary. It is beside my present business to enlarge upon this speculation. – Locke.
- Out of; in a state deviating from; as, to put one beside his patience. Hence,
- With the reciprocal pronoun, beside one's self is out of the wits or senses; out of the order of reason, or of rational beings. Paul, thou art beside thyself. – Acts xxvi.
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