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Fromwards   Listen
preposition
Fromwards, Fromward  prep.  A way from; the contrary of toward. (Obs.) "Towards or fromwards the zenith."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Fromwards" Quotes from Famous Books



... communicated by objects without; consequently, visible voluntary motions begin in invisible internal motions, whose nature is expressed by the word Endeavour. When the endeavour is towards something causing it, there is Appetite or Desire; endeavour 'fromward something' is Aversion. These very words, and the corresponding terms in Greek, imply an actual, not—as the schoolmen absurdly think—a metaphorical motion. Passing from the main question, he describes Love and Hate as Desire and Aversion when ...
— Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics • Alexander Bain



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