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Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
1. From a place; hence.
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The sound is going away. --Shak.
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Have me away, for I am sore wounded. --2 Chron.
xxxv. 23.
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2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from
home.
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3. Aside; off; in another direction.
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The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
--Lockyer.
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4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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Be near me when I fade away. --Tennyson.
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5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go
or come away; begone; take away.
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And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod.
xix. 24.
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6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,
sing away. [Colloq.]
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Note: 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.
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{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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