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English citations of in

Preposition: (of location) "within"[edit]

1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Preposition: (of time) "during"[edit]

1594 1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.
  • ca 1594, William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, 1st Folio edition, London, published 1623, [act 4, scene 1], page 92, column 2:
    Euen iust the sum that I do owe to you, / Is growing to me by Antipholus, / And in the instant that I met with you, / Не had of me a Chaine, at fiue a clocke / I shall receiue the money for the same: []
  • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Genesis 1:1:
    In the beginning God created the Heauen, and the Earth.

Preposition: (of state or condition)[edit]

1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Preposition: (of personal characteristics)[edit]

1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Preposition: (of proportion) "part of"[edit]

1610
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Preposition: (of cause)[edit]

1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.
  • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 13:4–7:
    Charitie suffereth long, and is kinde: charitie enuieth not: charitie vaunteth not it selfe, is not puffed vp, / Doeth not behaue it selfe vnseemly, seeketh not her owne, is not easily prouoked, thinketh no euill, / Reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth: / Beareth all things, beleeueth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Preposition: (of motion or direction) "into"[edit]

1595
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Preposition: (relation of verb to indirect object)[edit]

1611
ME « 15th c. 16th c. 17th c. 18th c. 19th c. 20th c. 21st c.

Noun: (of fire or fuel) Burning[edit]

  • 2011 September 15, Stove Fan, boards.ie[1]:
    The only thing I would say with both is buy the optional flue damper if you want to keep the fire in overnight:)
  • 2014 May 30, Genesis, nzmotorhome.co.nz[2]:
    We’ve survived through snow, but haven’t been able to keep the fire in overnight, even when burning coal or hard-wood.

sense: eye dialect: isn't[edit]

Chinese citations of in

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Latin citations of in

  • 1996 — NONESTINTOTOSANCTIORORBELOCUS— Harry Mulisch, The Discovery of Heaven, Chapter 55, 1992. As translated by Paul Vincent