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fromward

The English word “fromward” has 5 meanings listed here.

adjective

Turned away; averse.
Leaning or listing away from; distant from; on the right-hand side; on the opposite side.

adverb

Forth; forward.

noun

A cleaving tool; an iron instrument with a blade set at right angles on a short handle, used for splitting laths or rails.

preposition

From; away from.

Etymology

From Middle English fromward, framward, from Old English framweard (“about to depart, departing, doomed to die; with his back turned”, adjective) and framweardes (“away from”, adverb), equivalent to from + -ward. Compare froward.

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