For any questions feel free to contact me at lom_public@lomus.net.
Search Google for another meanings of 'about'.
Visit main site lomus.net.
About \A*bout"\, prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS.
[=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan
outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you."
--Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." --Prov. iii. 3.
[1913 Webster]
2. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or
proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
"Have you much money about you?" --Bulwer.
[1913 Webster]
3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in
various directions; here and there in; to and fro in;
throughout.
[1913 Webster]
Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
Roving still about the world. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time,
size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." --Exod. ix.
18. "About my stature." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He went out about the third hour. --Matt. xx. 3.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This use passes into the adverbial sense.
[1913 Webster]
5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
[1913 Webster]
I must be about my Father's business. --Luke ii. 49.
[1913 Webster]
6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive: On the point or
verge of; going; in act of.
[1913 Webster]
Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. --Acts xviii.
14.
[1913 Webster]
7. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To
treat about thy ransom." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
She must have her way about Sarah. --Trollope.
[1913 Webster]
Also, please pay a visit to my friends projects: