a syzygetic (asizijetik)

[ at (at), prep. [ It. a = = Pg. a = F. à ), to, at, = Skt. ādhi, unto, on. = = Sp. á This prep. is most nearly equiv. to to, without the orig. implication of motion. In many constructions the two prepositions interchange. In many E. dialects at has partly, and in Scand. has wholly, displaced to, while on the other. hand in G. to ( zu ) has wholly displaced at. In L. and Rom. the form cognate with at covers all the uses of to as well as of at, and extends partly over the field of with.] A preposition IMG:content-1313.png:[blocks in formation] The ship in which he [Goldsmith] had taken his pa age, Macaulay, Goldsmith. had sailed without him. having got a fair wind while he was at a party of pleasure, 3. Of relative position: implying a point in an actual or po ible series, and hence used of degree, price, time, order, occasion, etc.: as, at the beginning, at the third house from the corner, at nine years of age, at seventy degrees in the shade, at four dollars a yard, at ten cents a pound, at half past six, at midnight, at first, at last, etc. I'll take them at your own price. Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. At present, if you please, we'll drop the subject. Sheridan, The Duenna, i. 3. In pa ing through the gate of Elvira, however, he accidentally broke his lance against the arch. At this, certain of his nobles turned pale, for they regarded it as an evil omen. Irving , Granada, p. 108. frequent in idiomatical phrases: as, at all, at most, ataxia