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with·in (wit̸h in′, wit̸h-)

adverb

  1. in or into the interior; on the inside; internally
  2. indoors
  3. inside the body, mind, heart, etc.; inwardly

Etymology: ME withinne < OE withinnan < with, with + innan, within, into < in, in

  1. in the inner part of; inside
  2. not beyond in distance, time, degree, range, scope, etc. within a mile, withinone's experience
  3. inside the limits of within the law

noun

the inside or the interior

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within

modif. & prep.

in, inside, on the inside, indoors, not further than, not beyond, not over, in less than, in reach of, in a period of, not outside; see also inside 2.


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within quotes

Wedlock, indeed, hath oft compared been To public feasts where meet a public rout, Where they that are without would fain go in And they that are within would fain go out.

-Davies, SirJohn

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee.

-Herbert, George

The people die so, that now it seems theyare fain to carry the dead to be buried by daylight, the nights not sufficing to do it in. And my Lord Mayor commands people to be within at 9 at night, all (as they say) that the sick may have liberty to go abroad for ayre.

-Pepys, Samuel

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