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PREPOSITIONS. [Par. 366, 367.

(2) " Of late." " Of old." " Of a child."- Mark
ix. 21.
(3) "Upwards of (i.e. rising from) ten years."
From saying, logically, "ten of us," i.e. " ten out
of our number," we have come to say, illogically -
(4) "All ofus."
366 "Of" is also used with Verbs signifying "motion
from ": (a) deprive, bereave, strip, rob, cheat, defraud; (b) rid, deliver, acquit; (c) cleanse, purge,
cure; (d) beware. Also with Adjectives signifying
emptiness. This use explains(5) "Void of sense." "Clear of debt." "She was
delivered of a child."
367 "Of," from meaning " motion from," comes to
mean (6) "out of," (7) "belonging to," (8) "resulting from ": —
(6) "This box is made of wood." "He comes of
good parentage." " Evil must come of evil."
(7) " The light of the sun," i.e. " the light off or
from the sun."
(8) "The canal is full of water," i.e. "as the result
of." "He did it of malice aforethought." "She
died of a fever." "It smells of musk." "Of
his own accord." " Of course," i.e., "as the
result of the ordinary course of things."
Compare Bacon's -
(8a) " If Time, of course (i.e as the result of its ordinaly
course) alter things to the worse."