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▪ I. aside, adv., prep., a., n.|əˈsaɪd|
Forms: 4 on syd, 5–6 on syde, on side; 4–6 a-syde, a syde, asyde, 5 acyde, 6 assyde, 5– aside.
[orig. a phrase, on side: see a prep.1 (Used in U.S. in various expressions where apart is used in England.)]
A. adv.
I. Of motion.
1. To one side; out of the way, away.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 2297 Þe coupes of gold were treden a-syde? al with mannis fet. a1450York Myst., Capmakers O vj, This stone..remove and sette on syde. 1596Shakes. Merch. V., ii. viii. 1 Draw aside the curtaines. 1694Luttrell Brief Rel. III. 292 The agent..is gone aside, and hath carried with him 2000l. in money belonging to the troop. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 245 To evade and slip aside from difficulty. 1810Scott Lady of L. v. xv, Whose brazen studs and tough bull hide Had death so often dash'd aside.
2. Away from the general throng or main body, into seclusion or privacy, apart.
c1450Lonelich Grail lii. 925 Kyng Orkaws took he asyde. 1602Shakes. Ham. v. i. 240 But soft, aside; heere comes the King. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 249 When she has calved, then set the Dam aside. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt xlvii. 407 One gentleman drew another aside to speak in an under-tone about Scotch bullocks.
3. Away from one's person; off, down.
1569Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 4 Her fillet she vndight, And laid her stole aside. 1611Bible Hebr. xii. 1 Let us lay aside every weight. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 664 A Snake..has cast his Slough aside. 1859Tennyson Enid 1443 Each..cast his lance aside And doffed his helm.
4. Away from consideration or employment, out of thought or use; esp. in to lay aside or set aside: (fig.) to put away, give up, dismiss, reject.
c1440Partonope 5039 Hereth yt and than ley hyt asyde. 1535Coverdale Amos ii. 4 He hath cast asyde the lawe of the Lorde. 1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 110 Setting the attraction of my good parts aside. 1607― Cor. i. iii. 75 Come, lay aside your stitchery. 1798Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iii. 56 He often laid aside decorum. 1876Green Short Hist. i. §5 (1882) 45 He set aside all dreams of the recovery of the West-Saxon overlordship. Ibid. vi. §4. 298 To fling aside traditional dogmas.
5. Law. to set aside (a verdict, judgement, etc.): to declare it of no authority; to quash.
1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. (1862) App. iii. 428 Whose decisions it could set aside for error in law. 1883Sir J. Mathew in Law Rep. Queen's B. XI. 591 A rule was subsequently obtained..to set that non-suit aside.
II. Of direction.
6. Towards one side, off from the direct line.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. viii. xxx. (1495) 342 A lyghte beme is broke or shufte asyde. 1535Coverdale 2 Sam. vi. 6 For the oxen wente out asyde. 1611Bible Ps. xiv. 3 They are all gone aside, they are together become filthy. 1815Byron Parisina xiv, As bowstrings, when relax'd by rain, The erring arrow launch aside.
7. Sidewise, obliquely.
c1369Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 558 With that he loked on me asyde, As who sayth nay, that wol not be. 1440Promp. Parv. 6 Acyde, oblique. c1505Dunbar Golden Terge xxv. 9 On syde scho lukat with a fremit fare. 1711Pope Rape Lock iv. 33 Practis'd to lisp, and hang the head aside. 1775Johnson in Boswell li. (1848) 463/1 We saw the Queen mount..Brown habit: rode aside.
III. Of position.
†8. On one side, away, off. Obs.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 111 Thai saw on syde thre men cumand. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 681 (D.) The twentieth legion..abode at Chester, scarce sixe miles aside from hence.
9. Apart from the general company; in privacy. to speak aside, i.e. apart, so as to be inaudible to the general company. Used as a stage direction in plays, to indicate that certain words are to be spoken out of the hearing of other characters on the stage.
c1400Beryn 619 The Pardonere stood a-syde. 1535Coverdale 1 Chron. xiii. 1 He was yet kepte asyde because of Saul. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. v. i. 63 Let's stand aside, and see the end of this controuersie. 1801M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xiv. 72 ‘You won't blow us to Clary,’ added he aside to her ladyship. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles ii. vii, Then lords and ladies spake aside.
10. a. = apart 5. (? Only in U.S.)
1860Marsh Eng. Lang. 640 Leaving the question of competency aside. 1871― Words & Uses 21 But, pronouns..and ‘auxiliary’ verbs aside, it [Chaucer's English] is a mixture, etc.
b. aside from (= Brit. ‘apart from’): (a) Besides, in addition to; without reckoning or including. U.S. (b) Except for. U.S.
1818Ticknor in Life, Lett., & Jrnls. (1876) I. 206 Aside from this, the mere show is more magnificent than can be seen at any other court in Europe. 1847L. Collins Kentucky 507 The college..possesses revenues, aside from tuition, sufficient to maintain the faculty. 1865Grant White Mem. Shaks. 31 But, aside from question of the kind of training. 1905Forum Apr. 598 The city, aside from being a great industrial..centre, enjoys..a high moral record.
1861in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1910) V. 303 Aside from the upheavals made by our engineers,..I don't think I have ever seen a more dreary region. 1902H. E. Bourne Teaching Hist. & Civics 303 Aside from the wars in Europe..the history of the colonies..is uneventful. 1931H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt i. iii. 35 Aside from boxing, Roosevelt's..activities at Harvard are of slight importance.
11. By the side, alongside (obs.). aside of: by the side of, alongside of. arch. and dial.
1375Barbour Bruce vii. 60 He ran on fut [v.r. sid, side] alwayis hym by. 1630Wadsworth Sp. Pilgr. iv. 33 A shippe.. which tooke his course aside of vs. 1808Scott Marm. iii. iii, Brown ale..From ancient vessels ranged aside. 1856Kane Arctic Exp. II. i. 24 We..are mere carpet-knights aside of these indomitable savages.
12. ? On each side. rare.
1859Tennyson Elaine 47 A crown Of diamonds, one in front, and four aside.
IV. Comb. † aside half, † aside-hand, † aside slips, on or to one side.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxv. (1495) 148 The lounge..byclippyth asyde halfe the substaunce of the herte. 1471Arriv. Edw. IV (1838) 18 Turned asyde-hand, and went to Bristowe. 1577Holinshed Chron. III. 312 He incamped somewhat aside slips of them.
B. prep. [by omission of of.]
1. At the side of, beside. (Still in Sc.)
1615Chapman Odyss. vii. 215 And in the ashes sat, Aside the fire. 1743Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 175 The shop that was aside the house. 1807Tannahill Poems 153 Since, Maggie, I am in aside ye.
†2. Past, beyond. Obs.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iii. iii. 26 The kind Prince, Taking thy part, hath rusht aside the Law. 1663Flagellum or O. Cromwell (1672) 22 Which resolution he had taken up before..and was put aside it, by the amplitude of that Fortune.
C. adj. [The adv. used attrib.]
1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xl, ‘It's extraordinary’..observed Sinclair, in an aside tone. [U.S.]
D. n. [the adv. used absol.; cf. A 9.]
1. Words spoken aside or in an undertone, so as to be inaudible to some person present; words spoken by an actor, which the other performers, on the stage are supposed not to hear.
1727–51Chambers Cycl. s.v., An Aside, seorsim, is something which an actor speaks apart, or, as it were, to himself. 1834Macaulay Chatham, Ess. (1854) I. 293/2 Every tone from the impassioned cry to the thrilling aside. a1845Hood (title of verses) Domestic Asides.
2. An indirect effort, a side effort.
1877A. Cave Doctr. Atonement, The asides of many writers possess a more lasting..influence than their deliberate and darling labours. 1882Times 23 Jan. 3 The solar energy is there directed not towards the earth, but at a right angle..and we can hardly wonder if she does not respond to these solar asides.
▪ II. ¶ aside, a-side
formerly written for a side. |
