from

prep. starting in, beginning at, originating in (indicates a source); by; since; due to, caused by

(prep.)
Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.
  

A shipping term under which price quoted applies only at the point of origin, such as ex-mill, ex-rail car, ex-barge, and the seller agrees to place the goods at the disposal of the buyer at the agreed place within a fixed period of time. (TNDOT1)

devour, pious

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