Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aside"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aside \A*side"\, n.
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer
which the other players are not supposed to hear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aside \A*side"\, adv. [Pref. a- + side.]
1. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or
direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the
way; apart.
Thou shalt set aside that which is full. --2 Kings
iv. 4.
But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king.
--Shak.
The flames were blown aside. --Dryden.
2. Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy
thoughts. ``Lay aside every weight.'' --Heb. xii. 1.
3. So as to be heard by others; privately.
Then lords and ladies spake aside. --Sir W.
Scott.
{To set aside} (Law), to annul or defeat the effect or
operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a
superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; as, to set
aside a verdict or a judgment.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aside
n 1: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended
for others on the stage
2: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression},
{excursus}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}]
adv 1: on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him
pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside
when he entered"
2: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn: {away}]
3: not taken into account or excluded from consideration;
"these problems apart, the country is doing well"; "all
joking aside, I think you're crazy" [syn: {apart}]
4: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: {away}]
5: placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had
a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a
day set aside for relaxing" [syn: {apart}]
6: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
"has a nestegg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: {by}, {away}]
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