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Denoting the object surrounded by; among; toward; by means of.

In; into; on; as, inflame.

Not; without; un-. The following is a list of unimportant or self defining words with this prefix. In all cases, in- as here used has the meaning of " want or lack of," " freedom from," " not," simply reversing the meaning of the main portion of the word ( as indecorum, lack of decorum; indevout, not devout).

A nook or corner; one who or that which is in, as in office.

A public house; tavern, hotel.

Enclosed in a place or state.

Into a place or state.

Close by.