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1. about, adv., prep.1, adj., and int. View full entry eOE
...In rotation or revolution; round in a circular course. Now rare except in fig. use with verbs....
2. adown, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...To a lower place or position; downward, down; towards the earth. Freq. with verbs of motion, often those signifying descent, as fall, sink, kneel, etc. (see...
3. afore, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Of place, position, or direction, fixed or involving motion: in front, in advance, ahead; in or into the forepart....
4. after, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...Behind something in place or position; in the rear; further back....
5. afterward, adv., prep., adj., conj., and n. View full entry OE
...Behind in place or position; in the rear; further back. Obs....
6. again, adv., prep., and conj. View full entry eOE
...In the opposite direction; back. Obs....
7. against, prep., conj., adv., and n. View full entry eOE
...In reception of, in welcome of. Obs....
8. along, adj.2, prep., and adv. View full entry eOE
...Modifying a period of time, used to denote that something continues for the full extent of the period concerned: throughout the whole length of; for the entirety of. Obs....
9. amid, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...In the middle, in the midst. Obs....
10. among, prep. and adv. View full entry a1000
...Of the local relation of a thing (or things) to several surrounding objects with which it is grouped: Surrounded by locally. (With pl.)...
11. 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...
12. baft, adv. and prep. View full entry a800
...Of place: Behind, in the rear; in later usage only Naut.: Astern, aft, abaft. arch....
13. be-east, adv. and prep. View full entry 894
...Towards the east, eastwards. Obs....
14. before, adv., prep., conj., and n. View full entry eOE
...Of place, position, or direction. Freq. contrasted with behind....
15. behind, adv., prep., and n. View full entry c900
...In a place whence those to whom the reference is made have departed; remaining after the others have gone. Esp. used with leave3a (letobs.), remain...
16. beneath, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 854
...gen. In a low position relatively to some other place; in a lower position; low or lower down; downward; = below1....
17. besouth, adv. and prep. View full entry eOE
...Towards the south, southwards....
18. between, prep., adv., and n. View full entry c890
...The proper word expressing the local relation of a point to two other points in opposite directions from it (i.e. if a point has two other points on opposite sides of it,...
19. † beˈtwixen | betwixe, prep. View full entry c897
...Betwixt, between....
20. betwixt, prep. and adv. View full entry 931
...= between, in the various senses of that word. Now somewhat arch. in literary English and chiefly poetical. Still in colloquial use in some dialects....
