amonge

Preposition

among

1. Of a person or thing: in the midst of and surrounded by (other people or things).
   • to put the cat among the pigeons
   1. Associated with or living alongside (other people or things).
      • How can you speak with authority about their customs when you have never lived among them?
   2. Belonging to (a group comprising similar people or things).
      • He is among the few who completely understand the subject.
   3. Distinct in some way from (other members of a group); specifically, superior or pre-eminent compared to (other members of a group).
      • When the history of this Nation, and our great State is written, it shall be recorded that John Dent was a giant among men, a humanitarian, and most of all, a man dedicated not only to the people who elected him, but a man dedicated to the nation as well.1978 October 14, [Daniel] Flood, “Retiring Members of 95th Congress”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 95th Congress, Second Session: Appendix (United States House of...
2. Originally, in the course of; during; now, in the circumstances or context of.
3. Distributed or divided between (members of a group).
   • And if you come hether, / When Damſines [damsons] I gether, / I will part them all you among.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Aprill. Ægloga Quarta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 14, recto

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