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In \In\, adv.
1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an
adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the
representative of an adverbial phrase, the context
indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the
situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the
Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and
out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side
was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e.,
into the house).
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Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
--Lamb.
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Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language,
to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In
certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in
train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade,
down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.
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2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a
holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by
purchase; in of the seisin of her husband. --Burrill.
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{In and in breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
{In and out} (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a
through bolt in a ship's side. --Knight.
{To be in}, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.
{To come in}. See under {Come}.
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Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of generating or bearing.
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2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals;
as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
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3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
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She had her breeding at my father's charge. --Shak.
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4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and
decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or
training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of
society.
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Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and
respect which civility obliges us either to express
or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we
converse. --Hume.
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5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
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Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. --Shak.
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{Close breeding}, {In and in breeding}, breeding from a male
and female from the same parentage.
{Cross breeding}, breeding from a male and female of
different lineage.
{Good breeding}, politeness; genteel deportment.
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Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See
{Education}.
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