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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.]
1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight direction.
2. At a little distance from the main part or body.
Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings 4.
3. From the body; as, to put or lay aside a garment.
John 13.
4. From the company; at a small distance or in private; as when speakers utter something by themselves, upon the stage.
5. Separate from the person, mind or attention; in a state of abandonment.
Let us lay aside every weight. Hebrews 12.
6. Out of the line of rectitude or propriety, in a moral view.
They are all gone aside. Psalms 14.
7. In a state of separation to a particular use; as, to set aside a thing for a future day.
To set aside, in judicial proceedings, is to defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of a superior tribunal; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] adv
1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"
2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: aside, away]
3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration; "these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: apart, aside]
4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" [syn: aside, apart]
6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by, away]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: 14th century 1. to or toward the side <stepped aside> 2. away from others or into privacy <pulled him aside> 3. out of the way especially for future use ; away <putting aside savings> 4. away from one's thought or consideration <jesting aside> II. preposition Date: 1592 obsolete beyond, past III. noun Date: circa 1751 1. an utterance meant to be inaudible to someone; especially an actor's speech heard by the audience but supposedly not by other characters 2. a straying from the theme ; digression

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. & n. --adv. 1 to or on one side; away. 2 out of consideration (placed after noun : joking aside). --n. 1 words spoken in a play for the audience to hear, but supposed not to be heard by the other characters. 2 an incidental remark. Phrases and idioms: aside from US apart from. set aside 1 put to one side. 2 keep for a special purpose or future use. 3 reject or disregard. 4 annul. 5 remove (land) from agricultural production for fallow, forestry, or other use. take aside engage (a person) esp. for a private conversation. Etymology: orig. on side: see A(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aside A*side", n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Aside A*side", adv. [Pref. a- + side.] 1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. --2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. --Shak. The flames were blown aside. --Dryden. 2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. ``Lay aside every weight.'' --Heb. xii. 1. 3. So as to be heard by others; privately. Then lords and ladies spake aside. --Sir W. Scott. To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(asides) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown below, 'aside' is used in phrasal verbs such as 'cast aside', 'stand aside', and 'step aside'. 1. If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you. Sarah closed the book and laid it aside. ADV: ADV after v 2. If you take or draw someone aside, you take them a little way away from a group of people in order to talk to them in private. Will put his arm around her shoulders and drew her aside. ADV: ADV after v 3. If you move aside, you get out of someone's way. She had been standing in the doorway, but now she stepped aside to let them pass. ADV: ADV after v 4. If you set something such as time, money, or space aside for a particular purpose, you save it and do not use it for anything else. She wants to put her pocket-money aside for holidays. ...the ground set aside for the new cathedral. ADV: ADV after v 5. If you brush or sweep aside a feeling or suggestion, you reject it. Talk to a friend who will really listen and not brush aside your feelings... The Prime Minister swept aside concern about the rising cost of mortgages. ADV: ADV after v 6. You use aside to indicate that you have finished talking about something, or that you are leaving it out of your discussion, and that you are about to talk about something else. Leaving aside the tiny minority who are clinically depressed, most people who have bad moods also have very good moods... Emotional arguments aside, here are the facts. = apart ADV: ADV after v, n ADV 7. An aside is a comment that a character in a play makes to the audience, which the other characters are supposed not to be able to hear. Exasperated with her children, she rolls her eyes and mutters an aside to the camera, 'No wonder I drink!'. N-COUNT 8. An aside is something that you say that is not directly connected with what you are talking about. The pace of the book is leisurely, with enjoyable literary and historical asides. = digression N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-sid': "Distinct from others," "privately," such is the sense of the word in 2Ki 4:4; Mr 7:33. Also "to withdraw" (Lu 9:10 the King James Version; Ac 23:19: hupochoreo, also anachoreo). One is said to have turned aside when he departs from the path of rectitude (Ps 14:3; Sirach 2:7; 1Ti 1:6). In a figurative sense it is used to express the thought of putting aside, to renounce, every hindrance or impediment to a consecrated earnest Christian life (Heb 12:1: apotithemi).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Laterally, to the side, to one side, on one side. 2. Away, off, out of mind, out of thought, out of the heart, out of the character. 3. Out of the straight course, out of the true course. 4. Apart, separately, away, aloof.

Moby Thesaurus

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