-ine Definition

īn, in, ēn, ən
suffix
Of or relating to.
Benedictine.
American Heritage
Made of; resembling.
Opaline.
American Heritage
A chemical substance, especially:
American Heritage
Amino acid.
Glycine.
American Heritage
A mixture of compounds.
Gasoline.
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affix
Of, having the nature of, like.
Aquiline, crystalline.
Webster's New World
Forming abstract nouns.
Discipline, doctrine.
Webster's New World
A chemical of any of certain groups.
Webster's New World
Any of certain commercial products.
Vaseline.
Webster's New World

Origin of -ine

  • Middle English -in, -ine from Old French from Latin -īnus, -īna adj. suff. and from Latin -inus adj. suff. (from Greek -inos)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Fr -in, -ine < L -inus, masc., -ina, fem., -inum, neut. < Gr -inos: also directly < L for modern scientific words

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Ultimately from Latin -īnus -inus adj. suffixes –ine1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • arbitrary use of L -inus, masc., -ina, fem., n. & adj. ending

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Fr < L -ina, suffix of fem. abstract nouns

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

-ine Sentence Examples

  • Its duties are shown by the preamble to the laws of Ine, king of Wessex, and 200 years later by the preamble to those of Alfred the Great, while several similar cases could be instanced.

  • Ine legislates "with the counsel and with the teaching of Cenred my father and of Hedde my bishop, and of Eorcenwald my bishop, with all my ealdormen and the most distinguished witan of my people" (Stubbs, Select Charters), and Alfred issues his code of laws "with the counsel and consent of his witan."

  • Practically the entire code of 7Ethelberht, for instance, is a tariff of fines for crimes, and the same subject continues to occupy a great place in the laws of Hlothhere and Eadric, Ine and Alfred, whereas it appears only occasionally in the treaties with the Danes, the laws of Withraed, Edward the Elder, lEthelstan, Edgar, Edmund and Ethelred.

  • The laws of Ine speak of gegildan who help each other pay the wergeld, but it is not entirely certain that they were members of gild fraternities in the later sense.

  • As the laws of Ine of Wessex speak of Erconwald as "my bishop," it is possible that the influence of Wessex for a short time prevailed in Essex; but a subsequent charter of Swefred is approved by Coenred of Mercia, and Offa, the son of Sigehere, accompanied the same king to Rome in 709.

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