ABOUT

Definitions

1. 1. Around; all round; on every side of. "Look about you." Shak. "Bind them about thy neck." Prov. iii. 3.
2. 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.
3. 3. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout. Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. Macaulay. Roving still about the world. Milton.
4. 4. Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. "To-morrow, about this time." Exod. ix. 18. "About my stature." Shak. He went out about the third hour. Matt. xx. 3.
5. 5. In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. Luke ii. 49.
6. 6. Before a verbal noun or an infinitive:
7. 7. On the point or verge of; going; in act of. Paul was now aboutto open his mouth. Acts xviii. 14.
8. 8. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching. "To treat about thy ransom." Milton. She must have her way about Sarah. Trollope.