among

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AMONG', AMONGST', preposition [Gr. See Mingle.] 1. In a general or primitive sense, mixed or mingled with; as tares among wheat. 2. Conjoined or associated with, or making part of the number. Blessed art thou among women. Luke 1:1. 3. Of the number; as, there is not one among a thousand, possessing the like qualities.
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