Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In anatomy, away from the mouth: the opposite of
orad .
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- adverb anatomy Away from the
oral opening ormouth (compare withventral )
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- adverb away from the mouth or oral region
Etymologies
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Examples
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Both he and his advisers felt that every day's delay was a substantial gain, and that the maintenance of the _status quo_, with no fresh outbreak at home and no unfriendly expression aborad, was of incalculable advantage to the cause of the Union.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 James Gillespie Blaine 1861
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As for the stuff about living aborad, I take great umbrage at someone who admits to spending two weeks a year in this country and paying no taxes here lecturing me on how localy elected councillors should spend money.
What really undermines politics are false front organisations Norfolk Blogger 2009
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They've brought in Peter Sollett, director of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist," to rewrite Jon Hartmere's script, and hired musical movie veterans Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to come aborad as producers.
Zac Efron’s ‘Footloose’ Heads Towards The Dance Floor » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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The American troops come home in disgrace and the American military is taunted and ridiculed by the American media, global media, Islamic terrorists, and the moonbats here and aborad.
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Custom, moreover, proclaims as beautiful those excellences of man and woman with which God gifted them at birth. 144 Thus for a woman to bide tranquilly at home rather than roam aborad is no dishonour; but for a man to remain indoors, instead of devoting himself to outdoor pursuits, is a thing discreditable.
Oeconomicus 2007
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Also, does he really believe that Gitmo or Abu Ghraib makes it more or less likely that a US POW would be tortured when interrogated aborad?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Graham on Torture and the Geneva Convention: 2005
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STENY HOYER, (D) MARYLAND: The pure vote is national security here at home and national security aborad.
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Americans seem ready to fight a new war aborad, and at home: By a wide margin, Americans think Iran is more of a threat to the world than Iraq was before the United States took military action there.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
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Americans seem ready to fight a new war aborad, and at home: By a wide margin, Americans think Iran is more of a threat to the world than Iraq was before the United States took military action there.
Friday, January 27, 2006 As'ad 2006
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Also, does he really believe that Gitmo or Abu Ghraib makes it more or less likely that a US POW would be tortured when interrogated aborad?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Senator Graham on Torture and the Geneva Convention: 2005
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