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1. at, prep. View full entry 755
...The most general determination of simple localization in space, expressing, strictly, the simple relation of a thing to a point of space which it touches; hence, usually determining a point or object...
2. by, prep. and adv. View full entry c888
...At the side or edge of; in the vicinity of; near, close to, beside....
3. cum, prep. View full entry 1589
...Latin preposition, meaning ‘with, together with’, used in English in local names of combined parishes or benefices, as Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Stow-cum-Quy, where it originated in Latin documents. Also in...
4. in, prep.2 View full entry a1387
...in abˈsentia, in (his, her, or their) absence....
5. non obstante, n., adj., prep., and adv. View full entry 1441-3
...A clause in a statute or letter patent conveying a dispensation from a monarch or other executive to perform an action notwithstanding any statute to the contrary (see etymological note). Also in...
6. opposite, n., adj., adv., and prep. View full entry c1385
...An opposite or diametrically opposed side or region; (also) an opposite point, esp. (Astron.) in the heavens. Cf. opposition1. Obs....
7. south, adv., adj., n., and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the direction of the part of the horizon on the right-hand side of a person facing the rising sun; towards or in the direction of the point or pole on the...
8. † toˈfore, prep., adv., and conj. View full entry c888
...Of motion: To before, to the front of; of position: In front of; = before1....
9. west, adv., adj., n.1, and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the direction of that part of the horizon where the sun sets; towards the cardinal point which is 90 degrees clockwise from the south point....