Amid definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary AMID' AMIDST', prep. [L. medius. See Middle and Midst.] 1. In ... 3. Surrounded, encompassed, or enveloped with; as, amidst the shade; amid the waves. Amid is used mostly in poetry. AMID'-SHIPS, in marine language, the middle of a ship, with ... length and breadth. Merriam Webster's or amidst preposition Etymology: amid from Middle English amidde, from Old English onmiddan, from ...
amidst definitions Merriam Webster's preposition see amid Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of AMID. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Amidst A*midst", Amid A*mid", prep. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on ... encompassed by; among. ``This fair tree amidst the garden.'' ``Unseen amid the throng.'' ``Amidst thick clouds.'' --Milton. ``Amidst acclamations.'' ``Amidst the ... and festivity of a court.'' --Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. --Shak. Syn: Amidst, Among. Usage: These words differ ... among these considerations, among the reasons I have to offer. Amid and amidst are commonly used when the idea of ...
... accompanying him and caring still for him. He grew up amid all the grandeur and excitement of the Egyptian court, maintaining ... to manhood, a secret discontent, perhaps a secret ambition. Moses, amid all his Egyptian surroundings, had never forgotten, had never wished ... than "to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season," amid the riotous living of the young princes at the Egyptian ...
... Etymology: Middle English middest, alteration of middes, short for amiddes amid Date: 15th century 1. the interior or central part or ... exposed like this in the midst of a large crowd... = amid, among PREP-PHRASE 4. You say that someone is in ... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Middle, thick, heart. Moby Thesaurus amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, betwixt, betwixt and between, center, core ...
... would come from heaven whom Christians were to obey, that amid the coming desolations the Christians should remain tranquil. (c) Novelty ... for hatred of mankind (odio humani generis). The victims perished amid mockery (text here uncertain); some clothed in the skins of ... to reconstitute society. These tenets together with their calm faith amid the despair of others would easily cast suspicion upon them ...
... deity. Monotheism transcends the spiritual grasp of the Babylonian mind. Amid all this company of gods, amid all these speculations and combinations, we must keep our minds ... land of no return." There they lived in dark rooms amid the dust and the bats covered with a garment of ...
... the second month of the second year (B.C. 535), amid great public excitement and rejoicing (Ps. 116; 117; 118), the ... the laws of Judaism. The temple, when completed, was consecrated amid great rejoicings on the part of all the people (Ezra ...
... 5. To overwhelm; to overpower. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. DROWN, v.i. To be suffocated in water ... pleasures drowned. --Sir J. Davies. My private voice is drowned amid the senate. --Addison. To drown up, to swallow up. [Obs ...
... listen to the voice of some Hittite Homer speaking from amid the dusty bricks written in the period of Moses. Beside ... with double heads decorate the inner walls of the doorway. Amid the sculptured processions moving on the basalt rocks toward the ...
... denounces and the lifelike sketches he draws of the scenes amid which he moved, taken along with what we know otherwise ... been a succession of such men (Am 2:11), faithful amid the prevailing corruption though tempted to be unfaithful (Am 2 ...
... order they took Stephen, and without awaiting sentence against him, amid a tumultuous scene, stoned him to death, the punishment prescribed ... faithful witness to his Master whom he acknowledged as such amid the rain of stones hurled at him, loudly calling upon ...
... refl Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms prep. ; (also amongst) Amid (while making part of), amidst, in the midst of, mixed or mingled with. Moby Thesaurus amid, amidst, among, amongst, at, between, betwixt, betwixt and between, by ...
... Caesars" (Suetonius), was assassinated September 18, 96 AD. The soldiers amid civil war had elected the last dynasty. This time the ... any form of government, only supreme power would prove effectual amid an enfeebled, unpopular senate, corrupt and idle commons, and ambitious ...
... to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass ... to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass ...