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1. † abating, prep. View full entry 1631
...If one excepts; with the exception of; except for. Cf. abate11....
2. abt., prep. View full entry 1699
...As a graphic abbreviation: = about...
3. à la, prep. View full entry a1642
...In the manner or style of (a specified person or thing)....
4. à la mode, adv., adj., n., and prep. View full entry 1637
...In accordance with the fashion; in a modish manner; fashionably....
5. anear, adv. and prep. View full entry 1669
...Nearly, well-nigh, almost, to a nearness....
6. astern, adv. and prep. View full entry 1627
...Of position: In or at the stern....
7. astride, adv., prep., and adj. View full entry 1664
...In a striding position; with the legs stretched wide apart, or so that one leg is on each side of some object between, as when a person is on horseback. astride...
8. atop, adv. and prep. View full entry 1655
...On or at the top, above....
9. † beˈgrey, prep. View full entry 1614
10. despite, prep. View full entry 1602
...In spite of....
11. ensuing, adj. and prep. View full entry 1603
...In various applications of the sense of ensue5....
12. ex relatione, prep. View full entry 1621
...By or at the relation of; according to the report (of), as reported by....
13. † infore, prep. View full entry 1607
...= before...
14. in't, prep. View full entry a1616
...Arch. abbreviation of in it....
15. inter, prep. View full entry a1641
...The Latin preposition = ‘between’, ‘among’, occurs in a few Latin phrases occasional in English, e.g. inter alia, amongst other things (less usually inter alios, amongst others, other...
16. inthrough, prep. and adv. View full entry 16..
...In and through; through (a place) from the outside; in towards the centre of....
17. † pendant, prep. View full entry 1642
...During; throughout the continuance of; = pending...
18. pending, prep. and adj.1 View full entry 1642
...During; throughout the continuance of. pending suit: = pendente lite (obs.rare.). Cf. maintenance pending suitmaintenance. Now rare....
19. penes, prep. View full entry 1611
...Of a text or document, esp. a manuscript: in the possession of....
20. qua, prep. View full entry 1647
...In the capacity of; as being. Usu. with following noun clause without article....
