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By-law: Definition and part of speech

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By-law

  1. n. A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
  2. n. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

By: Definition and part of speech

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By

  1. a. Out of the common path; aside; — used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
  2. pref. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
  3. pref. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.
  4. pref. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
  5. pref. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
  6. pref. Against.
  7. pref. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
  8. adv. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
  9. adv. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
  10. adv. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

By-bidder: Definition and part of speech

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By-bidder

  1. n. One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

By-dependence: Definition and part of speech

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By-dependence

  1. n. An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.