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Main Entry:: ¹with·in
Pronunciation:: \wi-ˈthin, -ˈthin\
Function:: adverb
Etymology:: Middle English withinne, from Old English withinnan, from with + innan inwardly, within, from in
Date:: before 12th century

1 : in or into the interior : inside 2 : in one's inner thought, disposition, or character : inwardly <search within for a creative impulse — Kingman Brewster died 1988>

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