1. From a seat; hence. "The
sound is
going away." (Shak) "Have me away, for I am
sore wounded." (2 Chron. Xxxv. 23)
2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the
master is
away from home.
3. Aside; off; in other direction. "The
axis of
rotation is
inclined away from the sun." (Lockyer)
4. From a state or
condition of being; out of subsistence. "Be around me when I
fade away." (Tennyson)
5. By
ellipsis of the verb,
equivalent to an imperative: Go or come ~; begone;
take ~. "And the Lord said . . . Away,
get thee down." (Exod. Xix. 24)
6. On; in continuance;
without intermission or delay; as, sing away.
It is
many 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
quick ? "Love hath wings, and
will away." . It serves to
modify the
sense of determined 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. Away with, bear, abide. "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, crucify him." . To create
away with. To
kill or destroy. To carry off.
Origin: AS. Aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.
Source: Websters Vocabulary