• away when this word qualifies verbs, it is generally expr. in Latin by the prefix ā or ăb: e. g. to carry a., auferre; to snatch a., abripere; to be a., abesse. It is sometimes used in commands elliptically for "go away," "take away;" and must then be translated by the imperative of the proper Latin verb: e. g.: a. with you, scoundrel! abi hinc, scelus! Ter.: a. with tears, aufer abhinc lacrimas, Lucr.: a. with the barbarous fashion, morem tollite barbarum, Hor. For such sentences as "I cannot away with this trifling," where the meaning is "I cannot endure," v. endure.