By my faith, that is a very plump hand for a man of eighty-four!—Parton.
They implore us by the long trials of struggling humanity; by the blessed memory of the departed; by the wrecks of time; by the ruins of nations.—Everett.
Exercise.—Find sentences with three different meanings of by.
For.
321. The chief meanings of for are as follows:—
(1) Motion towards a place, or a tendency or action toward the attainment of any object.
Pioneers who were opening the way for the march of the nation.—Cooper.
She saw the boat headed for her.—Warner.
(2) In favor of, for the benefit of, in behalf of, a person or thing.
He and they were for immediate attack.—Parkman