1.
Around; all round; on every side of. Look about you. Shak. Bind them about thy neck. Prov. iii. 3.
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2.
In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person). Have you much money about you? Bulwer.
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3.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
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-Lampoons . . . were handed about the coffeehouses. Macaulay.
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-Roving still about the world. Milton.
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4.
Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity. To-morrow, about this time. Exod. ix. 18. About my stature. Shak.
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-He went out about the third hour. Matt. xx. 3.
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-'Tis time to look about. Shak.
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2.
In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
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3.
Here and there; around; in one place and another.
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-Wandering about from house to house. 1 Tim. v. 13.
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4.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. There fell . . . about three thousand men. Exod. xxii. 28.
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5.
To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about.
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To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish. -- To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come. -- To go about, To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. Shall we set about some revels? Shak. -- Round about, in every direction around.
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