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Webster 1913 Edition
Between
Be-tween′
,p
rep.
1.
In the space which separates; betwixt;
as, New York is
. between
Boston and Philadelphia2.
Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two.
If things should go so
between
them. Bacon.
3.
Belonging in common to two; shared by both.
Castor and Pollux with only one soul
between
them. Locke.
4.
Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation;
as, opposition
. between
science and religionAn intestine struggle, open or secret,
between
authority and liberty. Hume.
5.
With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject;
as, to judge
. between
or to choose between
courses; to distinguish between
you and me; to mediate between
nations6.
In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree;
as,
. between
nine and ten o’clockBetween decks
, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel.
– Between ourselves
, Between you and me
, Between themselves
in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others.
I . . . hope that
Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew. between
public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. Johnson.
Be-tween′
,Noun.
Intermediate time or space; interval.
[Poetic & R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Between
BETWEE'N
, prep.1.
In the intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia; the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.2.
From one another; passing from one to another, noting exchange of actions or intercourse; as, things go well between the parties.3.
Belonging to two or more, in common or partnership; as, two friends have but one soul between them; twenty proprietors own a tract of land between them. We observe that between is not restricted to two.4.
Having mutual relation to two or more; as, discords exist between the families.5.
Noting difference, or discrimination of one from another; as, to distinguish between right and wrong.