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Webster 1913 Edition
In-
In-
(ĭn-)
.
A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning
in
, into
, on
, among
; as,
. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; in
bred, in
born, in
road; incline, inject, intrudeas,
. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force. il
lusion, ir
ruption, im
blue, im
migrate, im
partIn-
(ĭn-)
.
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.