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Preposition

of

1. (dialectal, obsolete, except in phrases) From (a place); off.
   • Take the chicken out of the freezer.
2. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
   • He hasn't been well of late.
3. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
   • There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
4. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.
   • Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
5. Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.
   • He seemed devoid of human feelings.
6. (obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.
   • He was kindly treated by the people at Saco, and recovered of his wounds.1822, Jacob Bailey Moore, New Hampshire, volume 1, page 5

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