2. Denoting possession or ownership, or the relation of subject to
attribute; as, the apartment of the consul: the power of the king; a
man of courage; the gate of heaven. "Poor of spirit." Macaulay.
3. Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which
it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist;
a cup of water.
4. Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a number or
quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little he had
some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the
company.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lam. iii. 22.
It is a duty to communicate of those blessings we have received.
Franklin.
5. Denoting that by which a person or thing is actuated or impelled;
also, the source of a purpose or action; as, they went of their own
will; no body can move of itself; he did it of necessity.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts.
Josh. xi. 20.
6. Denoting reference to a thing; about; concerning; relating to; as,
to boast of one's achievements.
Knew you of this fair work?
Shak.
7. Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as,
within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.
8. Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or
appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the
continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
9. Denoting the agent, or person by whom, or thing by which, anything
is, or is done; by.
And told to her of [by] some.
Chaucer.
He taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
Luke iv. 15.
[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
Luke iv. 1, 2.
The use of the word in this sense, as applied to persons, is nearly
obsolete.
10. Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or connected
with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in the days of
Herod.
11. Denoting passage from one state to another; from. [Obs.] "O
miserable of happy." Milton.