Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity
   to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever
   departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state,
   occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc.,
   are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of
   space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting
   out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the
   occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and
   correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to
   Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the
   sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from
   Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit
   of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge
   of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony.