Of OF, prep. ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Cor 11.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Josh 11.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lam 3.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov 16.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chr 34.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. "Part of these were slain;" that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, "some of these were slain;" that is, some from or out of others. "I have known him of old, or of a child;" that is, from old times, from a child. "He is of the race of kings;" that is, descended from kings. "He is of noble blood or birth, or of ignoble origin." "No particle of matter, or no body can move of itself;" that is, by force or strength proceeding from itself, derived from itself.
"The quarrel is not now of fame and tribute, or of wrongs done;" that is, from fame or wrongs, as the cause, and we may render it concerning, about, relating to.
"Of this little he had some to spare;" that is, some from the whole. It may be rendered out of.
"Of all our heroes thou canst boast alone;" that is, thou alone from the number of heroes. This may be rendered among.
"The best of men, the most renowned of all;" that is, the best from the number of men, the most renowned from the whole; denoting primarily separation, like part.
"I was well entertained of the English Consul;" that is, entertained from the Consul; my entertainment was from the Consul. This use is obsolete, and we use by in lieu of it.
"This does of right belong to us;" that is, from right, de jure; our title proceeds from right.
"The chariot was all of cedar;" that is, made from cedar. So we say, made of gold, made of clay; an application corresponding with our modern use of from; manufactured from wool, or from raw materials. Hence we say, cloth consisting of wool. "This is a scheme of his own devising;" that is, from his own devising or device. "If any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth;" that is, as from the ability, as the source of action.
"Of happy, he is become miserable;" that is, from happy; from being happy, he has passed to being miserable. "Of necessity this must prove ruinous;" that is, from necessity, as the cause or source. "Of a hundred take fifty;" that is, from a hundred, or out of a hundred, from among a hundred.
Of sometimes implies a part or share.
It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have received.
From is then the primary sense of this preposition; a sense retained in off, the same word differently written for distinction. But this sense is appropriately lost in many of its applications; as a man of genius, a man of courage, a man of rare endowments, a fossil of a red color, or of a hexagonal figure. he lost all hope of relief. This is an affair of the cabinet. He is a man of decayed fortune. What is the price of corn? We say that of, in these and similar phrases, denotes property or possession, making of the sign of the genitive or possessive case. These applications, however, all proceeded from the same primary sense. That which proceeds from or is produced by a person, is naturally the property or possession of that person, as the son of John; and this idea of property in the course of time would pass to things not thus produced, but still bearing a relation to another thing. Thus we say, the father of a son, as well as the son of a father. In both senses, other languages also use the same word, as in the French de, de la, and Italian di, dell. Of then has one primary sense, from, departing, issuing, proceeding from or out of, and a derivative sense denoting possession or property.

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of I. preposition Etymology: Middle English, off, of, from Old English, adverb & preposition; akin to Old High German aba off, away, Latin ab from, away, Greek apo Date: before 12th century 1. — used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning <north of the lake> 2. a. — used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation <a man of noble birth> b. — used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason <died of flu> c. by <plays of Shakespeare> d. on the part of <very kind of you> e. occurring in <a fish of the western Atlantic> 3. — used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents <throne of gold> <cup of water> 4. a. — used as a function word to indicate the whole that includes the part denoted by the preceding word <most of the army> b. — used as a function word to indicate a whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended <gave of his time> 5. a. relating to ; about <stories of her travels> b. in respect to <slow of speech> 6. a. — used as a function word to indicate belonging or a possessive relationship <king of England> b. — used as a function word to indicate relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity (as an independent variable) <a function of x> <the product of two numbers> 7. — used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or thing is delivered <eased of her pain> or with respect to which someone or something is made destitute <robbed of all their belongings> 8. a. — used as a function word to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun <the city of Rome> b. — used as a function word to indicate apposition <that fool of a husband> 9. a. — used as a function word to indicate the object of an action denoted or implied by the preceding noun <love of nature> b. — used as a function word to indicate the application of a verb <cheats him of a dollar> or of an adjective <fond of candy> 10. — used as a function word to indicate a characteristic or distinctive quality or possession <a woman of courage> 11. a. — used as a function word to indicate the position in time of an action or occurrence <died of a Monday> b. before <quarter of ten> 12. archaic on <a plague of all cowards — Shakespeare> II. verbal auxiliary Etymology: by alteration Date: circa 1800 nonstandard have — used in place of the contraction 've often in representations of uneducated speech <I could of beat them easy — Ring Lardner>

OF abbreviation outfield

of
prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows:
1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome; died of malnutrition).
2 the material or substance constituting or identifying a thing (a house of cards; was built of bricks).
3 belonging, connection, or possession (a thing of the past; articles of clothing; the head of the business; the tip of the iceberg).
4 identity or close relation (the city of Rome; a pound of apples; a fool of a man).
5 removal, separation, or privation (north of the city; got rid of them; robbed us of £1000).
6 reference, direction, or respect (beware of the dog; suspected of lying; very good of you; short of money; the selling of goods).
7 objective relation (love of music; in search of peace).
8 partition, classification, or inclusion (no more of that; part of the story; a friend of mine; this sort of book; some of us will stay).
9 description, quality, or condition (the hour of prayer; a person of tact; a girl of ten; on the point of leaving).
10 US time in relation to the following hour (a quarter of three).
Phrases and idioms:
be of possess intrinsically; give rise to (is of great interest). of all designating the (nominally) least likely or expected example (you of all people!). of all the nerve (or cheek etc.) an exclamation of indignation at a person's impudence etc. of an evening (or morning etc.) colloq.
1 on most evenings (or mornings etc.).
2 at some time in the evenings (or mornings etc.). of late recently. of old formerly; long ago.
Etymology: OE, unaccented form of æf, f. Gmc

of-
prefix assim. form of OB- before f.

of Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'of' is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information. 'Of' is also used in phrasal prepositions such as 'because of', 'instead of' and 'in spite of', and in phrasal verbs such as 'make of' and 'dispose of'. 1. You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about. The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5. ...the population of this town... The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems. PREP: n PREP n 2. You use of to combine two nouns, or a noun and a present participle, when the second noun or present participle defines or gives more information about the first noun. She let out a little cry of pain. ...the problem of a national shortage of teachers. ...an idealized but hazy notion of world socialism. ...the recession of 1974-75... PREP: n PREP n/-ing 3. You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, 'the kidnapping of the child' refers to an action affecting a child; 'the arrival of the next train' refers to an action performed by a train. ...the reduction of trade union power inside the party. ...the assessment of future senior managers. ...the death of their father. PREP: n PREP n 4. You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured. ...7.6 litres of pure alcohol. ...dozens of people. ...billions of dollars. ...a collection of short stories... PREP: quant PREP n, n PREP n 5. You use of after the name of someone or something to introduce the institution or place they belong to or are connected with. ...the Prince of Wales. ...the Finance Minister of Bangladesh. PREP: n PREP n 6. You use of after a noun referring to a container to form an expression referring to the container and its contents. Conder opened another bottle of wine... ...a box of tissues. ...a packet of cigarettes. ...a roomful of people. PREP: n PREP n 7. You use of after a count noun and before an uncount noun when you want to talk about an individual piece or item. ...a blade of grass... Marina ate only one slice of bread... With a stick of chalk he wrote her order on a blackboard. PREP: n PREP n 8. You use of to indicate the materials or things that form something. ...local decorations of wood and straw. ...loose-fitting garments of linen. ...a mixture of paint-thinner and petrol. PREP: n PREP n 9. You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of. ...the other side of the square... We had almost reached the end of the street. ...the beginning of the year... Edward disappeared around 9.30pm on the 23rd of July. ...the core of the problem. PREP: n PREP n 10. You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action. He'd been dreaming of her... Listen, I shall be thinking of you always... Her parents did not approve of her decision... PREP: v PREP n/-ing, v n PREP n/-ing 11. You use of after some adjectives to indicate the thing that a feeling or quality relates to. I have grown very fond of Alec... His father was quite naturally very proud of him... I think everyone was scared of her... PREP: adj PREP n/-ing 12. You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action. This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you... That's certainly very generous of you Tony. PREP: adj PREP pron/n-proper 13. You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about. ...an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man. PREP: a n PREP a n 14. If something is more of or less of a particular thing, it is that thing to a greater or smaller degree. Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize... As time goes by, sleeping becomes less of a problem. PREP: more/less PREP a n 15. You use of to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has. She is a woman of enviable beauty. ...a matter of overwhelming importance... PREP: n PREP n, adj-superl PREP n 16. You use of to specify an amount, value, or age. Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of $3.4 billion... He has been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison since 1973... ...young people under the age of 16 years... PREP: n PREP amount 17. You use of after a noun such as 'month' or 'year' to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues. ...eight bruising years of war... The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning. PREP: n PREP n/-ing 18. You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned. (AM) At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls... We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon. PREP

of ɔv prep. connecting a noun (often a verbal noun) or pronoun with a preceding noun, adjective, adverb, or verb, expressing a wide range of relations broadly describable as follows: 1 origin, cause, or authorship (paintings of Turner; people of Rome; died of malnutrition). 2 the material or substance constituting or identifying a thing (a house of cards; was built of bricks). 3 belonging, connection, or possession (a thing of the past; articles of clothing; the head of the business; the tip of the iceberg). 4 identity or close relation (the city of Rome; a pound of apples; a fool of a man). 5 removal, separation, or privation (north of the city; got rid of them; robbed us of ø1000). 6 reference, direction, or respect (beware of the dog; suspected of lying; very good of you; short of money; the selling of goods). 7 objective relation (love of music; in search of peace). 8 partition, classification, or inclusion (no more of that; part of the story; a friend of mine; this sort of book; some of us will stay). 9 description, quality, or condition (the hour of prayer; a person of tact; a girl of ten; on the point of leaving). 10 US time in relation to the following hour (a quarter of three). øbe of possess intrinsically; give rise to (is of great interest). of all designating the (nominally) least likely or expected example (you of all people!). of all the nerve (or cheek etc.) an exclamation of indignation at a person's impudence etc. of an evening (or morning etc.) colloq. 1 on most evenings (or mornings etc.). 2 at some time in the evenings (or mornings etc.). of late recently. of old formerly; long ago. [OE, unaccented form of óf, f. Gmc]

OF Overflow Flag (assembler)

On the wing. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. On the wings of the wind, with the utmost velocity. Under the wing, or wings, of, under the care or protection of. Wing and wing (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged. Wing case (Zo["o]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also wing cover}. Wing covert (Zo["o]l.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See Covert, n., 2. Wing gudgeon (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of Gudgeon. Wing shell (Zo["o]l.), wing case of an insect. Wing stroke, the stroke or sweep of a wing. Wing transom (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; -- called also main transom. --J. Knowles.

Of \Of\, prep. [AS. of of, from, off; akin to D. & OS. af, G. ab off, OHG. aba from, away, Icel., Dan., Sw., & Goth. af, L. ab, Gr. ?, Skr. apa. Cf.{Off}, A- (2), Ab-, After, Epi-.] In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from; belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of applications; as: 1. Denoting that from which anything proceeds; indicating origin, source, descent, and the like; as, he is of a race of kings; he is of noble blood. That holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. --Luke i. 35. I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you. --1 Cor. xi. 23. 2. Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a man of courage; the gate of heaven. ``Poor of spirit.'' --Macaulay. 3. Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water. 4. Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the company.

OF ov: (1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities. (2) Of the uses where "of" signifies "from," the most common obscure passages are those where "of" follows a verb of hearing. In modern English "hear of" signifies "to gain information about," as it does frequently in the King James Version (Mr 7:25; Ro 10:14, etc.). But more commonly this use of "of" in the King James Version denotes the source from which the information is derived. So Joh 15:15, "all things that I have heard of my Father"; Ac 10:22, "to hear words of thee"; 28:22, "We desire to hear of thee"; compare 1Th 2:13; 2Ti 1:13; 2:2, etc. (similarly Mt 11:29, "and learn of me"; compare Joh 6:45). All of these are ambiguous and in modern English give a wrong meaning, so that in most cases (but not Mt 11:29 or Ac 28:22) the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "from." A different example of the same use of "of" is 2Co 5:1, "a building of God" (the Revised Version (British and American) "from"). So Mr 9:21, "of a child," means "from childhood" ("from a child," the Revised Version (British and American), is dubious English). A still more obscure passage is Mt 23:25, "full of extortion and excess." "Full of" elsewhere in the King James Version (and even in the immediate context, Mt 23:27,28) refers to the contents, but here the "of" represents the Greek ek, "out of," and denotes the source--"The contents of your cup and platter have been purchased from the gains of extortion and excess." the Revised Version (British and American) again substitutes "from," with rather awkward results, but the Greek itself is unduly compressed. In Mr 11:8, one of the changes made after the King James Version was printed has relieved an obscurity, for where the edition of 1611 read "cut down branches of the trees," the modern editions have "off" (the Revised Version (British and American) "from"). For clear examples of this use of "of," without the obscurities, compare Judith 2:21, "they went forth of Nineveh"; 2 Macc 4:34, "forth of the sanctuary"; and, especially, Mt 21:25, "The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?" Here "from" and "of" represent exactly the same Greek preposition, and the change in English is arbitrary (the Revised Version (British and American) writes "from" in both cases). (3) In a weakened sense this use of "of" as "from" was employed rather loosely to connect an act with its source or motive. Such uses are generally clear enough, but the English today seems sometimes rather curious: Mt 18:13, "rejoiceth more of that sheep" (the Revised Version (British and American) "over"); Ps 99:8, "vengeance of their inventions" (so the King James Version); 1Co 7:4, "hath not power of her own body" (the Revised Version (British and American) "over"), etc. (4) A very common use of "of" in the King James Version is to designate the agent--a use complicated by the fact that "by" is also employed for the same purpose and the two interchanged freely. So in Lu 9:7, "all that was done by him .... it was said of some ....," the two words are used side by side for the same Greek preposition (the Revised Version (British and American) replaces "of" by "by," but follows a different text in the first part of the verse). Again, most of the examples are clear enough, but there are some obscurities. So in Mt 19:12, "which were made eunuchs of men," the "of men" is at first sight possessive (the Revised Version (British and American) "by men"). Similarly, 2 Esdras 16:30, "There are left some clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard" (the Revised Version (British and American) "by them"). So 1Co 14:24, "He is convinced of all he is judged of all," is quite misleading (the Revised Version (British and American) "by all" in both cases). Php 3:12, the King James Version "I am apprehended of Christ Jesus," seems almost meaningless (the Revised Version (British and American) "by"). (5) In some cases the usage of the older English is not sufficient to explain "of" in the King James Version. So Mt 18:23, "take account of his servants," is a very poor rendition of "make a reckoning with his servants" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). In Ac 27:5, the "sea of Cilicia" may have been felt to be the "sea which is off Cilicia" (compare the Revised Version (British and American)), but there are no other instances of this use. In 2Co 2:12, "A door was opened unto me of the Lord" should be "in the Lord" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). 2Sa 21:4, "We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house," is very loose, and the Revised Version (British and American) rewrites the verse entirely. In all these cases, the King James Version seems to have looked solely for smooth English, without caring much for exactness. In 1Pe 1:11, however, "sufferings of Christ" probably yields a correct sense for a difficult phrase in the Greek (so the Revised Version (British and American), with "unto" in the margin), but a paraphrase is needed to give the precise meaning. And, finally, in Heb 11:18, the Greek itself is ambiguous and there is no way of deciding whether the preposition employed (pros) means "to" (so the Revised Version (British and American)) or "of" (so the King James Version, the Revised Version margin; compare Heb 1:7, where "of" is necessary). Burton Scott Easton

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "of": about, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, concerning, in connection with, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, on, pertaining to, pertinent to, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, speaking of, touching, upon, with regard to, with respect to

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