from

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.