Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for From
from, prep. [OE.]
- [Indicating source, starting point, and so forth.]
- [Indicating cause, reason, and so forth] because of; as a result of.
- [Indicating movement away.]
- [Indicating distance.]
- [Indicating removal, separation, and so forth.]
- [Indicating location.]
- [Indicating prevention, hindrance, obscuring, and so forth.]
- [Indicating how] using; by; by means of.
- [Indicating comparison, distinction, difference, and so forth.]
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