In (?), v. t. To inclose; to take in; to harvest. [Obs.]
He that ears my
land spares my team and gives me leave to in the crop.
Shak.
In , n. [Usually in the plural.]
1. One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.
2. A reëntrant angle; a nook or corner.
Ins and
outs, nooks and corners; twists and turns.
All the ins and outs of this neighborhood.
D. Jerrold.
In , adv. 1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes
in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his
mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in
office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in
or into the head); his
side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).
Their vacation . . . falls in
so pat with
ours.
Lamb. &fist; The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when they are
furled, or when stowed.
In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in
train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.
2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as,
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her
husband. Burrill.
In and in breeding. See under Breeding.
-- In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a through
bolt in a ship's side. Knight. --
To be in, to be
at home; as,
Mrs. A. is
in. -- To come in. See under Come.
In , prep. [AS. in; akin to
D. & G. in, Icel. ī, Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L. in, Gr. 'en. √197. Cf. 1st In-, Inn.]
The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions
of any kind
conceived of as limiting,
confining, or investing, either
wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with,
within, into,
on, at, of, and among. It is used: --
1. With reference to space or place; as, he
lives in Boston; he traveled in Italy;
castles in the air.
The babe lying in a manger.
Luke ii.
16. Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west.
Shak. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude.
Gibbon. Matter for censure in every page.
Macaulay. 2. With
reference to circumstances
or conditions; as, he is in
difficulties; she stood in a blaze
of light. "Fettered in amorous chains." Shak.
Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils.
Shelley. 3. With
reference to a whole which
includes or comprises the part spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
Nine in ten of those
who enter the ministry.
Swift. 4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal
states, etc., abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is
in darkness; to live in fear.
When shall we three meet
again,
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Shak.
5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as
establishing a limitation;
as, to be in one's favor. "In sight of God's high throne." Milton.
Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh.
Cowper.
6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to
end in death; to put
our trust in God.
He would not plunge his brother in despair.
Addison. She had no jewels to
deposit in their caskets.
Fielding. 7. With reference to a limit of time; as,
in an hour; it happened in the last
century; in all my life.
In as much as,
or Inasmuch as, in the degree that; in like
manner as; in consideration that; because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and cf. For as much as,
under For,
prep. -- In that, because; for the reason that. "Some things they do in that they are men . . . ; some things in that they are men misled and blinded with error." Hooker. -- In the name of, in behalf of; on
the part of;
by authority; as, it was done in the
name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing, praying, and the like. -- To be in for it. (a) To be in favor of a thing; to be committed to
a course. (b) To be unable to
escape from a danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] -- To be (or
keep) in with. (a) To be close or near; as, to keep a
ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and
retain the favor of. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Into; within; on; at. See At.
-in . A suffix. See the Note under - ine.
In- (?). [L. in-; akin to
E. un-. See Un-.]
An inseparable prefix, or particle, meaning not, non-, un- as, inactive, incapable, inapt. In- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial.
In- (?). [See In, prep. Cf. Em-, En-.]
A prefix from
Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.
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