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In-

In-

(ĭn-)
.
[See
In
,
p
rep.
Cf.
Em-
,
En-
.]
A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning
in
,
into
,
on
,
among
;
as,
in
bred,
in
born,
in
road; incline, inject, intrude
. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial;
as,
il
lusion,
ir
ruption,
im
blue,
im
migrate,
im
part
. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force.

In-

(ĭn-)
.
[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.