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adverb

Aside adv.

On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. "Thou shalt set aside that which is full." "But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king." "The flames were blown aside."

Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight."

So as to be heard by others; privately. "Then lords and ladies spake aside."

To set aside (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.

noun

Aside n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

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Etymology of 'Aside'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aside" Quotes from Famous Books

... remember letting drive at one fellow with an oar and thereafter laying about me until the stout timber shivered in my grasp. I remember the dull gleam of Sir Richard's darting blade and then the two boats had drifted apart. Tossing aside my shattered oar, I found me another and rowed until, gasping, I must needs pause awhile and so heard Sir ...

— Martin Conisby's Vengeance • Jeffery Farnol

... the rest, putting aside the doubtful Henriette de Moliere already referred to, are collections of love-stories, which their titles, rather than their contents, would seem to have represented to the ordinary commentator as loose. There is really very little ...

— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury

... dig this poor fellow's grave alone, I won't ask you to help me," said Dick, turning aside without attempting to exchange any further words with ...

— The Rival Crusoes • W.H.G. Kingston

... legislation in 1862; but Chase continued to stand aside and allow Congress the lead in establishing an excise law, an increase in the income tax, and a higher tariff—the last of which was necessitated by the excise law which has been described as a bill ...

— Abraham Lincoln and the Union - A Chronicle of the Embattled North, Volume 29 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Nathaniel W. Stephenson

... then—you are my prisoners," he said in German. "File along the trench; my men will escort you to the rear." And, stepping back a few paces to the angle of the bay, he stood aside ...

— With Haig on the Somme • D. H. Parry

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