(uv, ov; unstressed əv) prep.
1. Coming from; originating at or from: Anne of Cleves; an actor of noble birth.
2. Associated or connected with; included among: Is he of your party?
3. Located at: the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
4. Away or at a distance from: within six miles of home.
5. Named; specified as: the city of Newark; a fall of ten feet.
6. Characterized by: a man of strength.
7. With reference to; as to: quick of wit.
8. About; concerning: Good is said of him.
9. Because of: dying of pneumonia.
10. Possessing: a man of means.
11. Belonging to: the lid of a box.
12. Pertaining to: the majesty of the law.
13. Composed of: a ship of steel.
14. Containing: a glass of water.
15. Taken from; from the number or class of: six of the seven conspirators.
16. So as to be without: relieved of anxiety; despoiled of ornaments.
17. Proceeding from; produced by: the plays of Shakespeare; the work of a vanished hand.
18. Directed toward; exerted upon: the massacre of the innocents; a love of opera.
19. During or at a specified time or occasion: He came of Sunday; of recent years.
20. Set aside for or devoted to: a program of Lieder.
21. Before; until: used in telling time: ten minutes of ten.
22. Archaic By: loved of all men. [OE, var. of af, æf away from]

Assimilated var. of OB–.