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- In
adv.
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).
- In
prep.
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.
- In
prep.
With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it
happened in the last century; in all my life.
- Concentration
n.
The act or process of concentrating; the process of
becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated;
concentration.
- Effective
a.
Having the power to produce an effect or effects;
producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable;
operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in
a regiment.
- In
prep.
With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he
traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
- Areal
a.
Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the
areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
- In-and-in
n.
An old game played with four dice. In signified a
doublet, or two dice alike; in-and-in, either two doubles, or the four
dice alike.
- Group
n.
To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in
groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to
form an assemblage of.
- Supper
v. t.
To supply with supper.
- Gall
v. t.
To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled
by the shot of the enemy.
- Droop
n.
A drooping; as, a droop of the eye.
- Transfer
n.
A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and
placed in another.
- Of
prep.
Denoting part of an aggregate or whole; belonging to a
number or quantity mentioned; out of; from amongst; as, of this little
he had some to spare; some of the mines were unproductive; most of the
company.
- Fro
adv.
From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition
to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To
and fro under To.
- Of
prep.
In a general sense, from, or out from; proceeding from;
belonging to; relating to; concerning; -- used in a variety of
applications; as:
- Of
prep.
Denoting relation to place or time; belonging to, or
connected with; as, men of Athens; the people of the Middle Ages; in
the days of Herod.
- Of
prep.
Denoting identity or equivalence; -- used with a name or
appellation, and equivalent to the relation of apposition; as, the
continent of America; the city of Rome; the Island of Cuba.
- Troop
v. i.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or
troops.
