An assimilated form of the prefix ob- before f-. See ob-.
noun.
An abbreviation of Order of Friars Minor.
A prefix, being of, off, in composition. See etymology.
noun.
Abbreviations of official;
noun.
of officinal.
A word primarily expressing the idea of literal departure away from or out of a place or position.
From; off; from off; out of; away or away from: expressing departure from or out of a position or location: the older English of off, now differentiated from of.
In distance or direction from; away from; measuring from: noting relative position in space or time: as, the current carried the brig just clear of the island; Switzerland is north of Italy; within an hour of his death; upward of a year.
From, by intervention, severance, removal, or riddance, as by restraining, debarring, depriving, divesting, defrauding, delivering, acquitting, or healing: as, to rob a man of his money; to cure one of a fever; to break one of a habit.
From.
Noting substance or material: as, a crown of gold; a rod of iron.
Noting cause, reason, motive, or occasion.
With verbs of sense, noting the presence of some quality, characteristic, or condition: as, the fields smell of new-mown hay; the sauce tastes of wine.
From among: a partitive use.
Out of: noting subtraction, separation, or selection from an aggregate; also, having reference to the whole of an aggregate taken distributively: as, one of many; five of them were captured; of all days in the year the most unlucky; there were ten of us.
From being (something else); instead of: noting change or passage from one state to another.
From: noting an initial point of time.
On; in; in the course of: noting time: as, of an evening; of a holiday; of old; of late.
During; throughout; for: noting a period of time.
In: noting position, condition, or state.
On; in; at: noting an object of thought.
Concerning; in regard to; relating to; about: as, short of money; in fear of their lives; barren of results; swift of foot; innocent of the crime; regardless of his health; ignorant of mathematics; what of that? to talk of peace; I know not what to think of him; beware of the dog!
Belonging to; pertaining to; possessed by: as, the prerogative of the king; the thickness of the wall; the blue of the sky.
Belonging to as a part or an appurtenance: as, the leg of a chair; the top of a mountain; the hilt of a sword.
Belonging to or associated with as regards locality: as, the Tower of London; the Pope of Rome; Drummond of Hawthornden; Mr. Jones of Boston.