Meaning of in- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. un-, non-, not
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2. Prepositional prefix, generally attached to verbs to derive new verbs with a range of meanings.
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3. in, within, inside
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4. after
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5. against; into; on, upon; to, towards
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6. Used as an intensifier.
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7. Attached to inchoative verbs, can express the sense of a change being started or reaching partial completion
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Equivalents

Examples

“in- + hālō (“to breathe”) → inhālō (“to breathe in, inhale”)”

“in- + gradior (“to step, go”) → ingredior (“to go into, enter”)”

“in- + nūbō (“to marry”) → innūbō (“to marry into”)”

“in- + cadō (“to fall”) → incidō (“to fall into, fall upon”)”

“in- + pangō (“to set, fix, settle, fasten”) → impingō (“to fasten upon, dash against, strike against”)”

“in- + flīgō (“to strike”) → īnflīgō (“to strike on, strike against, inflict, impose upon”)”

“in- + vocō (“to call”) → invocō (“to call on, call upon, invoke”)”

“in- + crepō (“to rattle”) → increpō (“to rattle, rebuke”)”

“in- + ārēscō (“to be drying, am growing drier”) → inārēscō (“to start becoming dry, become somewhat dry”)”

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