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Definition of Amidst
1. prep. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
Definition of Amidst
1. Preposition. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amidst
1. in the midst of [prep]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amidst
Literary usage of Amidst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry, from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1827)
"The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples. 4 It is, accordingly, this steady
inflexible virtue, {this regard to principle, superior to all custom and ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, William Morris (1887)
"... AND LAID SLEEPING IN HIS OWN LAND amidst HIS GIFTS : AWAKING HE KNOWS NOT THE
COUNTRY, TILL ATHENE, AT FIRST IN THE LIKENESS OF A SHEPHERD AND THEN AS A ..."
3. The Confessions of S. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey (1838)
"'s life from nineteen to eight and twenty; himself a Manichaean, and seducing
others to the same heresy; partial obedience amidst vanity and sin, ..."
4. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"... and seducing others to the same heresy ; partial obedience amidst vanity and sin,
... amidst ..."
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