Between definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BETWEE'N, prep. 1. In ... intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia; the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. 2. From one another; passing from ... noting exchange of actions or intercourse; as, things go well between the parties. 3. Belonging to two or more, in common or partnership; as, two friends have but one soul between them; twenty proprietors own a tract of land between them. We observe that between is not restricted to ...
... vallum, a wall, or vallus, a stake. 1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as an interval between two columns, between two pickets or palisades, between two houses or walls, or between two mountains or hills. 2. Space of time between ...
between decks definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in the space between decks, on a ship [syn: between decks, 'tween decks] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Deck Deck, n ... of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. Hurricane deck (River Steamers, etc ... Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. Between decks. See under Between. Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the ...
... inter and venio, to come.] 1. To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between. Thus the Atlantic intervenes between Europe and America; the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. 2. To come between points or time or events; as the period that intervened between the treaty of Ryswick and the treaty of Utrecht. ...
Between themselves definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Between Be*tween", prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe['o]nan ... In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one ... one to another of two. If things should go so between them. --Bacon. 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke. 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two ... involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, ...
Between you and me definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Between Be*tween", prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe['o]nan ... In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one ... one to another of two. If things should go so between them. --Bacon. 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke. 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two ... involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, ...
Between ourselves definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Between Be*tween", prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe['o]nan ... In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one ... one to another of two. If things should go so between them. --Bacon. 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. --Locke. 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two ... involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. An intestine struggle, open or secret, ...
... to place.] 1. The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons. 2. To place between or among; to thrust in; to intrude, as an obstruction ... rescued miserable man-- INTERPO'SE, v.i. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate. The prince interposed and made ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their way" 2: introduce; "God interposed death" 3: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever remarks" [syn: interject, come in ... to place in an intervening position b. to put (oneself) between ; intrude 2. to put forth by way of interference ...
... ALLI'ANCE, n. [Gr.; L.] 1. The relation or union between families, contracted by marriage. 2. The union between nations, contracted by compact, treaty or league. 3. The treaty ... act of confederating. 4. Any union or connection of interests between persons, families, states or corporations; as, an alliance between church and state. 5. The persons or parties allied; as ... within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond] 3: an organization of people (or ... nonalinement] 4: a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim ...
... 1828 Dictionary ME'DIATE, a. [L. medius, middle.] Middle; being between the two extremes. Anxious we hover in a mediate state. 1. Interposed; intervening; being between two objects. Soon the mediate clouds shall be dispelled. 2 ... means of the oar. ME'DIATE, v.i. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each; to act indifferently between contending parties, with a view to reconciliation; to intercede. The prince that mediates between nations and prevents a war, is the benefactor of both parties. 1. To be between two. [Little used.] ME'DIATE, v.t. To effect ...
... of extension. In relation to bodies, space is the interval between any two or more object' as the space between two stars or two hills The quantity of space or extent between bodies, constitutes their distance form each other. 3. The distance or interval between lines; as in books. The space in music are named ... as the lines. 4. Quantity of time; also, the interval between two points of time. Nine times the space that measures ... v.t. Among printers, to make space or wider intervals between lines. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link, nexus] 2: a fastener ... tie-in] 3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable" [syn: connection, link, connectedness] [ant ... to another program or list 7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison ... telecommunication network [syn: radio link, link] 9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and ... chain b. a connecting element or factor < found a link between smoking and cancer > c. a unit in a communication system ... S. Military Dictionary 1. A behavioral, physical, or functional relationship between nodes. 2. In communications, a general term used to ...
... broadest sense may be defined as the act of intervening between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them, or between parties not necessarily hostile for the purpose of leading them ... will be the mode by which peaceful relations are established between sinful man and the absolutely righteous God. But if the ... which culminates in the New Testament doctrine of atonement. Mediation between God and man as presented in the Scriptures has 3 ... there were a mediator and a reprover and a hearer between us both." The note of despair which characterizes this passage ... shows that Job has no hope that such an arbitrator between him and God is forthcoming. Yet the words give ...
... 9. 1. The time that passes, or events that happen between the beginning and the end. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line" [syn: in-between, mediate, middle] 2: equally distant from the extremes [syn: center ... a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language ... about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic" [ant: early, late] 4: between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the ... bare midriff is fashionable" [syn: middle, midriff, midsection] 4: time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; " ...
BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia I. THE PERIOD ... hypothesis, with all its later leaders, has charted the period between 600 BC, the date of the first captivity, to 160 ... down the line into the re ign of the Seleucids, between 200 and 160 BC. Now all this is very striking ... have reached far into the post-exilic period. The interval between the Old and the New Testaments is the dark period ... Siculus, Virgil and Horace. At the close of the period between the Testaments, Rome had become the mistress of the world ... view. In every sense and in every direction, the period between the Testaments was therefore one of political and intellectual ...