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Webster 1913 Edition
Betwixt
Be-twixt′
,p
rep.
[OE.
betwix
, bitwix
, rarely bitwixt
, AS. betweox
, betweohs
, betweoh
, betwīh
; pref. be-
by + a form fr. AS. twā
two. See Between
.] 1.
In the space which separates; between.
From
betwixt
two aged oaks. Milton.
2.
From one to another of; mutually affecting.
There was some speech of marriage
Betwixt
myself and her. Shakespeare
Betwixt and between
, in a midway position; so-so; neither one thing nor the other.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Betwixt
BETWIXT'
, prep.1.
Between; in the space that separates two persons or things; as, betwixt two oaks.2.
Passing between; from one to another, noting intercourse. [See Between.]Definition 2025
betwixt
betwixt
English
Alternative forms
- betwyxt (obsolete)
Preposition
betwixt
- (literary or archaic) Between, specifically between two objects.
- Shakespeare
- There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 3
- When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.
- Shakespeare
Translations
between, specifically between two things