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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_124278" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' prep.) From. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' adv.) From; away; back or backward; - now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To. </p> | |||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60145" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60145" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Fro,]] adv. In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative. </p> <p> From away back or backward as in the phrase, to and fro, that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward, hither and thither. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40783" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40783" /> == | ||
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<ref name="term_60145"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/fro Fro from King James Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_60145"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/fro Fro from King James Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_40783"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fro Fro from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40783"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fro Fro from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 23:30, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( prep.) From.
(2): ( adv.) From; away; back or backward; - now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To and fro under To.
King James Dictionary [2]
Fro, adv. In some languages it is a prefix, having the force of a negative.
From away back or backward as in the phrase, to and fro, that is, to and from, forward or toward and backward, hither and thither.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
in Norse mythology, is a deity of the second grade, worshipped by the Goths and Danes as the ruler of the winds. He received bloody, often human, sacrifices, which he himself instituted. According to other accounts, black animals were sacrificed to him by the Danish king, Hadding, which later were replaced by human sacrifices; they are called Froablot. Others make Fro the same with Freir (q.v.).
