betwixt

«betwixt» in Mova's school dictionary: between: in the middle of two things or people — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

preposition (no other forms) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

Betwixt means between: in the middle of two things or people. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old stories used in the phrase «betwixt and between», meaning not quite one thing and not quite the other.

examples

• A steep mountain lay betwixt them. tree →
• I am betwixt and between: not a child, not yet a grown-up. tree →
• The river ran betwixt the two villages. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.
• Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.
• And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
• Betwixt morning and evening they are shattered; they perish for ever without any regarding it.
• There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «betwixt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.