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in working order |
in writing |
in your birthday suit |
inée |
in'ards |
in-
| in-and-in
| in-basket
| in-between
| in-bounds
| in-box
in-
CIDE DICTIONARY
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
in-, prefix (also il-, im-, ir-) added to:
1 adjectives, meaning 'not' (inedible; insane).
2 nouns, meaning 'without, lacking' (inaction).
1 adjectives, meaning 'not' (inedible; insane).
2 nouns, meaning 'without, lacking' (inaction).
in-, prefix (also il- before l, im- before b, m, p, ir- before r) in, on, into, towards, within (induce; influx; insight; intrude).
Etymology
IN, or from or after L in IN prep.
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