1. (used to indicate distance or direction from, separation, deprivation, etc.): within a mile of the church; south of Omaha; to be robbed of one's money.
2. (used to indicate derivation, origin, or source): a man of good family; the plays of Shakespeare; a piece of cake.
3. (used to indicate cause, motive, occasion, or reason): to die of hunger.
4. (used to indicate material, component parts, substance, or contents): a dress of silk; an apartment of three rooms; a book of poems; a package of cheese.
5. (used to indicate apposition or identity): Is that idiot of a salesman calling again?
6. (used to indicate specific identity or a particular item within a category): the city of Chicago; thoughts of love.
7. (used to indicate possession, connection, or association): the king of France; the property of the church.
8. (used to indicate inclusion in a number, class, or whole): one of us.
9. (used to indicate the objective relation, the object of the action noted by the preceding noun or the application of a verb or adjective): the ringing of bells; He writes her of home; I'm tired of working.
10. (used to indicate reference or respect): There is talk of peace.
11. (used to indicate qualities or attributes): an ambassador of remarkable tact.
12. (used to indicate a specified time): They arrived of an evening.
13. before the hour of; until: twenty minutes of five.
14. on the part of: It was very mean of you to laugh at me.
15. in respect to: fleet of foot.
16. set aside for or devoted to: a minute of prayer.
17. by: consumed of worms.

1. have: He should of asked me first.

1. Old French.

1. variant of ob- (by assimilation) before f: offend.

1. used with a verbal noun or gerund to link it with a following noun that is either the subject or the object of the verb embedded in the gerund
2. used to indicate possession, origin, or association
3. used after words or phrases expressing quantities
4. constituted by, containing, or characterized by
5. used to indicate separation, as in time or space
6. used to mark apposition
7. about; concerning
8. used in passive constructions to indicate the agent
9. used to indicate a day or part of a period of time when some activity habitually occurs
10. before the hour of

1. Old French (language)

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