aside

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASI'DE, ad. [a and side. See Side.] 1. On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight direction. 2. At a little distance from the main part or body. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings 4:4. 3. From the body; as, to put or lay aside a garment. John 13:4. 4. From the company; at a small distance or in private; as when speakers utter something by themselves, upon the stage. 5. Separate from the person, mind or attention; in a state of abandonment. Let us lay aside every weight. Hebrews 12:1. 6. Out of the line of rectitude or propriety, in a moral view. They are all gone aside Psalms 14:3. 7. In a state of separation to a particular use; as, to set aside a thing for a future day. To set aside in judicial proceedings, is to defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of a superior tribunal; as, to set aside a verdict or a judgment.
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