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What does "aside" mean?

Aside: But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts. "Lay aside every weight." Heb. xii.
  2. 3.3. 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.
  3. 4.Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.

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