If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.
Gibbon.
Syn. -- To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply;
insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.
Im*put"er (?), n. One who imputes.
Im`pu*tres"ci*ble (?), a. [Pref. im- + putrescible: cf. F.
imputrescible.] Not putrescible.
Im"righ (?), n. [Scot.; Gael. eun- bhrigh chicken soup.] A peculiar
strong soup or broth, made in Scotland. [Written also imrich.]
In- (?). [See In, prep. Cf. Em-, En-.] A prefix from Eng. prep. in,
also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred,
inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in-
regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial;
as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes
used with an simple intensive force.
In- (?). [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.
-in. A suffix. See the Note under - ine.
In, prep. [AS. in; akin to D. & G. in, Icel. , Sw. & Dan. i, OIr. & L.
in, Gr. 'en. √197. Cf. 1st In-, Inn.] The specific signification
of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment,
encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or
moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind
conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in
part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings
of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of,
and among. It is used: --
1. With reference to space or place; as, he lives in Boston; he
traveled in Italy; castles in the air.
The babe lying in a manger.
Luke ii. 16.
Thy sun sets weeping in the lowly west.
Shak.
Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude.
Gibbon.
Matter for censure in every page.
Macaulay.
2. With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in
difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light. "Fettered in amorous
chains." Shak.
Wrapt in sweet sounds, as in bright veils.
Shelley.
3. With reference to a whole which includes or comprises the part
spoken of; as, the first in his family; the first regiment in the army.
Nine in ten of those who enter the ministry.
Swift.
4. With reference to physical surrounding, personal states, etc.,
abstractly denoted; as, I am in doubt; the room is in darkness; to live
in fear.
When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Shak.
5. With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered
as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor. "In sight of
God's high throne." Milton.
Sounds inharmonious in themselves, and harsh.
Cowper.
6. With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or
environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the
ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.
He would not plunge his brother in despair.
Addison.
She had no jewels to deposit in their caskets.
Fielding.
7. With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in
the last century; in all my life.
In as much as, or Inasmuch as, in the degree that; in like manner as;
in consideration that; because that; since. See Synonym of Because, and
cf. For as much as, under For, prep. -- In that, because; for the
reason that. "Some things they do in that they are men . . . ; some
things in that they are men misled and blinded with error." Hooker. --
In the name of, in behalf of; on the part of; by authority; as, it was
done in the name of the people; -- often used in invocation, swearing,
praying, and the like. -- To be in for it. (a) To be in favor of a
thing; to be committed to a course. (b) To be unable to escape from a
danger, penalty, etc. [Colloq.] -- To be (or keep) in with. (a) To be
close or near; as, to keep a ship in with the land. (b) To be on terms
of friendship, familiarity, or intimacy with; to secure and retain the
favor of. [Colloq.]
Syn. -- Into; within; on; at. See At.
In, adv. 1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an
adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of
an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is;
as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind);
the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at
the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the
turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).
Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
Lamb.
The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when
they are furled, or when stowed.
In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in train (i. e.,
the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow,
afterthought, etc.
2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding,
possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the
seisin of her husband. Burrill.
In and in breeding. See under Breeding. -- In and out (Naut.), through
and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side. Knight. -- To
be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in. -- To come in. See under Come.
In, n. [Usually in the plural.] 1. One who is in office; -- the
opposite of out.