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'mongst

'mongst preposition: apheretic form of amongst.

Preposition

'mongst

  1. (archaic, poetic) Apheretic form of amongst.
    • No more do souls of men. For stories sayen
      Well known 'mongst countrey folk, our spirits fly, […]1647, Henry More, “[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul...

Questions about 'mongst

What does 'mongst mean?
'mongst means apheretic form of amongst.
What part of speech is 'mongst?
'mongst is a preposition.

Words near 'mongst in the dictionary

  1. 'midst
  2. 'mirin
  3. 'mon
  4. 'mones
  5. 'mong
  6. 'mongst
  7. 'mons
  8. 'mum
  9. 'mums
  10. 'murica
  11. 'murican

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