BY

Definitions

1. 1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me. By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them both. Milton.
2. 2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5. Long labors both by sea and land he bore. Dryden. By land, by water, they renew the charge. Pope.
3. 3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
4. 4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
5. 5. Against. [Obs.] Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].
6. 6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.