FRO: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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\Fro\ (fr[=o]), adv. [OE. fra, fro, adv. & prep., Icel.
fr[=a], akin to Dan. fra from, E. from. See {From}.]
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}. --Milton.
\Fro\, prep.
From. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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