A*way" (&?;), adv. [AS.
aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
1. From a place; hence.
The sound is going away.
Shak.
Have me away, for I
am sore wounded.
2 Chron.
xxxv. 23.
2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is
away from home.
3. Aside; off; in
another direction.
The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
Lockyer.
4. From a
state or condition of being; out of
existence.
Be near me when I fade
away.
Tennyson.
5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.
And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down.
Exod. xix.
24.
6. On;
in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,
sing away.
[Colloq.]
&fist; It is much used in
phrases signifying moving or going from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes without the verb; as,
whither away so fast ? "Love hath wings, and will away." Waller. It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw
away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely
an intensive force; as, to
blaze away.
Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of assemblies, I can not away with." (Isa. i. 13), i. e.,
"I can not bear or endure [it]." -- Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him, crucify him." John xix. 15. -- To make away
with. (a)
To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.
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