Combined from Dot [丶] + Person [人] + ｜ [｜] to compose 以: represents "because".
with, by, by means of, because, in view of
after this, from now on, hereafter, thereafter
on and after, hereafter, thereafter
ago, since, before, previous
since, henceforth
less than
with the exception of
more than, this is all
within
