awayadv.[AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]1. From a place; hence.()The sound is going away. (Shak.)Have me away, for I am sore wounded. (2 Chron. xxxv. 23.)2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from home.()3. Aside; off; in another direction.()The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. (Lockyer.)4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.()Be near me when I fade away. (Tennyson.)5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go or come away; begone; take away.()And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. (Exod. xix. 24.)6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as, sing away.()()Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] The calling of assemblies, I can not away with. (Isa. i. 13), i. e., I can not bear or endure [it]. -- Away with one, signifies, take him away. Away with him, crucify him. John xix. 15. -- To make away with. (a) To kill or destroy. (b) To carry off.()()