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By way of
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- 1 By the route of.
"From Shakespeare to Milton by way of the English Bible, our language has been shaped by humanist ideas."
- 2 For the purpose of; as a means of; as an instance of; as a type or form of.
"By way of apology, he tried to be gallant."
- 3 Possessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of. UK, often
"Thoreau, too, come to think of it, was, by way of being a prophet, a pioneer in this Emancipation of Man from Bothery."
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