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1. abreast, adv. and prep. View full entry a1450
...Side by side and facing or moving in the same direction. Cf. breast7....
2. † afornent, prep. View full entry 1429
...= aforyen1....
3. afterhand, adv. and prep. View full entry 1438
...Afterwards, subsequently; after the event. Now Sc. and U.S....
4. alow, adv.1 and prep. View full entry c1400
...With reference to position: low or lower down; below something; down low. Now chiefly Sc....
5. † aˈmaugrey, prep. View full entry c1449
...In spite of, despite....
6. athwart, adv. and prep. View full entry c1470
...Across from side to side, transversely; usually, but not necessarily, in an oblique direction....
7. † a-ˈtravers, adv. and prep. View full entry 1430
...Crosswise, sidewise....
8. atween, prep. and adv. View full entry c1400
...Between....
9. barring, prep. View full entry 1481-90
...Excluding from consideration, leaving out of account, omitting, excepting, except....
10. below, adv. and prep. View full entry c1400
...gen. In a low position relatively to another place; in or to a lower position, lower down. Phr. below there! a warning addressed to persons to beware of a...
11. † beˈthrough, prep. View full entry c1425
...Throughout....
12. † bongre, adv. and prep. View full entry c1400
...With good will, agreeably....
13. concerning, prep. View full entry a1425
...(introductory.) Where concerning agrees with a preceding n. expressed, and may be rendered that concern(s), that relates to. (But since 1600, at...
14. conˈsidering, prep. View full entry c1405
...Construed as a preposition, with simple obj.: When one considers; taking into account, having regard to, in view of....
15. † ˈcounter, prep. View full entry c1420
...Against, contrary to....
16. de, prep. View full entry 1463
...de bene esse (Law), as of ‘well-being’, as being good, of conditional allowance for the present....
17. † eˈmonges(t, prep. View full entry c1460
...= amongst...
18. † ˈenter, prep. View full entry c1420
...Between....
19. † environee, adv. and prep. View full entry a1500
...Round about; in the vicinity....
20. † foreˈgain | foreˈgains(t, prep. View full entry 1487
...Directly opposite to; also, in the opposite scale to....
