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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.]