amongstprep.

Brit.

/əˈmʌŋ(k)st/, U.S.

/əˈməŋ(k)st/

Forms:

α. Middle English omanges, Middle English–1500s amanges, Middle English–1500s amangs, 1600s amangest, 1600s (1800s– English regional (northern)) amangst; also Scottish pre-1700 amanges, pre-1700 amangis, pre-1700 amangist, pre-1700 amangs, pre-1700 1700s amangst.

β. Middle English amongus, Middle English amongys, Middle English amongyste, Middle English amonkes, Middle English–1500s amongis, Middle English–1500s amongyst, Middle English–1600s amonges, Middle English–1600s amongs, Middle English– amongst, late Middle English–1600s amongest, 1500s amonckst, 1500s amones, 1500s amonste, 1500s–1600s amongeste, 1500s–1600s amongist, 1500s–1600s amongste, 1500s–1600s amonst, 1500s–1600s amoungst, 1600s amonghste, 1600s amonkst.

Etymology: < among prep. + -s suffix¹. With the development of excrescent final -t (probably reinforced by association with superlatives in -st ) compare against prep., alongst prep., amidst adv., betwixt prep., etc. Compare 'mongst prep. and emonges prep.In the early 21st cent. less common than among prep. in most uses, especially in U.S. English. This predominance appears to extend back to the early modern period.

a. Followed by a plural noun: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with; = among prep. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition]

amongeOE

amidOE

amongst1258

in (the) mids (of)a1382

in the middle ofc1384

amella1400

amidmonga1500

in the midst of1535

in midst (of)a1556

1258 Proclam. Henry III in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1868–9) 21 We senden ȝew þis writ..to halden a manges ȝew inehord.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1620 Godes hus, Her heuenegate amongus us.

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 119 Out com an aungel..In-to þe feld of bedleem, Amonges þe schepherden.

1466 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 87 Y sende yow a capias..praying yowe to put hym yn to þe bondell amonges Berk. writtes.

1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. vi. 403 Did he place himself amongest the prestes?

1650 W. Houghton Christians Desire 6 He answered not, but walking on amongst the trees, the Keeper took his Crosse-bow, and shot his own Lord dead in the place.

1776 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. i. v. 89 Amongst the stones, a few small star-fish, and sea-anemonies, were found.

1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 4 Red brick houses, with poplars coming up amongst them.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. x. 289 I walked about amongst them.

1963 P. White Let. 4 Jan. (1994) vii. 215 The Duttons have an old rambly stone house, on a rocky point, amongst wind-swept tea-trees.

2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 369 Crabs at feast amongst the mangroves.

b. Followed by a singular or collective noun: surrounded by the separate components or collective whole of; = among prep. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] > among the separate components of

amongOE

amongsta1393

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 161 (MED) Love..as a cock among the Hennes Or as a Stalon..Which goth amonges al the Stod..takth what thing comth next to honde.

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1633 They amonges al the pres Shul thus be shamed.

1470 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 585 At hye spryngys the see..bryngyth the salt sandes amongys the gras and makyth yt bytter.

1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3^v Amangs the heuinlie companye.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden iii. 7 The white Corn-Rose groweth amongst the Wheat, between Pontfract and Ferry-Bridge.

1796 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 177 These contagious particles were supposed to be diffused amongst the heavy inflammable air, or carbonated hydrogen, of putrid marshes.

1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 197 Many ships..are at the same time dangerously circumstanced amongst packed ice.

1911 J. J. Abraham Surgeon's Log iii. 73 Crag upon crag of naked rock jutting out grey amongst the green.

1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) ii. 46 Bell-shaped flowers inconspicuously situated amongst the foliage.

2008 A. Paterson Gardens at Kew 268 In modern agricultural fields scarlet poppies..are seldom seen amongst the corn.

2. In company, association, communion, or residence with or beside; = among prep. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > among

amongOE

amongstc1330

c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) l. 306 He seiȝe..Sexti leuedis on hors ride..Nouȝt o man amonges hem þer nis.

c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 903 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 77 I am aschomed nou Forte liue amonges ȝou.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 Þei hadde no pore man amonges hem.

c1475 in J. P. Genet Four Eng. Polit. Tracts (1977) 192 As good peeple will be and abide amonges the good..the perverse and wykked will be with evyll and maliciouse.

1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 7 Bal. Let her remain awhile amongst us.

1711 E. Settle City-Ramble iv. 55 Here you must bring me Amongst a Pack of Bloody-Bones and Cut-Throats, And pull down a whole House of Goblings upon my Head.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iv. 23 'Tis the first death Hath been amongst us.

1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 116 To live amongst those with whom one has not anything like one's fair value.

1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down iii. i. 290 He had been incarcerated amongst men who could not suffer as he had suffered.

1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 127 She would never be able to pass herself amongst a crowd of complete strangers.

2009 H. Freeman Meaning of Sunglasses (rev. ed.) 106 Artists kid themselves that they're keeping it real by living amongst the People.

a. In the general practice or view of; with or by generally; = among prep. 5a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > with or by the members of a group generally [preposition]

amongOE

amongstc1330

c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4071 (MED) Amonges hem was gret gladnesse.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 42 Amonges kniȝtes and clerkis conscience to torne.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 129 The more worschipe he hath amonges hem.

1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 34 Fowll vycys don amonckst relygyus men.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. H ij b Y^e sonday being yairefter amanges y^e Christians callit y^e day of our lord.

1637 T. Jackson Treat. Signs Times 66 in Diverse Serm. False witnesse-bearing, and coveting their neighbours goods are farre more rife amongst us then they were.

1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ix. 216 The ignorance or irreligiousness to be found amongst conformists.

1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) I. i. i. 32 That general disbelief..which..prevailed amongst the intelligent part of the heathen public.

1802 W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. Introd. 39 This original miscellany holds a considerable value amongst collectors.

1846 Print. Appar. Amateurs 5 A small and old instrument known amongst printers as the Bellows Press.

1958 A. L. Epstein Politics in Urban Afr. Community v. 164 It was widely believed amongst Africans that the money had been pocketed by one of the self-styled Congress leaders.

2009 Big Issue 28 Sept. 11/3 The concern amongst many demonstrators though is that this is just a PR exercise.

b. By the reciprocal or mutual action of, shared between or within; = among prep. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [preposition] > between, at, or among

amongOE

atc1305

amongsta1350

atween1579

a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 10 Þe commun of bruges ful sore con arewe, ant seiden amonges hem: ‘..take we þe bailifs..clappe we of the heuedes.’

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. 70 If men lyued as mesure wolde, shulde neuere more be defaute Amonges cristene creatures.

a1500 (c1465) in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 7 This londe stode..in grete werre amonges hem selfe for defaute of a kynge.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. A.v^v Yf ony faccyons or bendes were made secretely amongest her hede offycers.

1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. iii. 3 Whereupon riseth amonges the common sort..unfruteful dispute.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 111 Arezzo beeing by long dissention amongest themselues almost brought to wracke.

1685 Duke of Buckingham Short Disc. Reasonablen. Men's Relig. 21 Perpetually quarrelling amongst themselves, and cutting one another's Throats.

1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) iii. §4. 176 How are the partizans of proportional beauty agreed amongst themselves?

1867 Evangelical Christendom 181/1 Shall we find no means of restoring order and peace amongst ourselves?

1902 S. Pérez Triana Down Orinoco in Canoe iii. 31 There was great danger that the conquerors might come to blows amongst themselves.

2000 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Apr. (Commentator section) 3/7 They were bickering amongst themselves and arguing with the touch judges.

4. Included in, and often distinguished from, the number of; = among prep. 3a, 3b.Earliest in amongst other things: see thing n.¹ Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > in the number or class of [preposition]

amongOE

amongstc1391

c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 47* My liege lord..whan I was with him at large, Amonges othre thinges seid He hath this charge upon me leid.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 784 Amonges othere of his honeste thynges He made a gardyn walled al with stoon.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 32 Amonges all folys þat gon on grownd I holde þat þou be on of þe most.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 41 Amongest terrestriall creatures..God hath created none with two legges onely..but man.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb2 The opinion of plentie is amongst the causes of want.

1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. iii. ii. 72 Alexander, Hannibal, Scipio, Marius and Cesar, were great Men, nay Colossos amongst Men.

1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā vii. 52 A few amongst ten thousand mortals strive for perfection.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 3 Amongst other memorials, there is an old family watch.

1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet vii. 165 The apocryphal works are the most numerous... Chief amongst these are the fictitious ‘revelations’ or Terma books.

1966 D. Sutherland Against Wind ii. viii. 119 The Grey Seal is amongst the rarest seals in the world.

2003 Mountain, Trek & Trav. Catal. (Ellis Brigham) Autumn–Winter 92/2 This truly is a Rolls Royce amongst expedition packs.

a. In portions to each of, divided between; = among prep. 6a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribution or dealing out [preposition]

amongc1300

amongstc1425

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 52 Al þe tresour..Ne hath nat bene departed halfe a-riȝt Amonges vs.

1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F3 Dispersing his gifts amongst none but his honest brethren.

1640 Bk. War-Comm. Covenanters 2 The divisione of the said troupe horss amangst the parochess.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 293 Fresh provisions were distributed amongst the sick.

1799 I. Weld Trav. N. Amer. xxxiv. 359 Besides the presents..others of a different nature again, namely, provisions, were dealt out this year amongst certain tribes of the Indians.

1887 J. Ashton 18th Cent. Waifs 239 They had divided amongst them the proceeds of the begging-box.

1930 M. A. Johnstone Etruria Past & Present iv. 50 Tomb contents were destroyed or dispersed amongst private persons.

1974 J. S. Abarbanel Co-operative Farmer & Welfare State x. 212 In case the pooled milk reserve was not used up, the other farmers could divide it out amongst themselves.

2005 C. A. E. Goodhart in D. D. Evanoff & G. G. Kaufman Systemic Financial Crises 268 The benefits of banking intermediation are shared amongst the depositors.

b. By the shared effort of, jointly between; = among prep. 6b.

ΚΠ

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. xxvi. f. 37^v Amongest them they leuied a great numbre of men.

1669 A. Woodhead tr. 2nd Pt. Life Holy Mother xxxi. 187 Amongst them they had means enough to attempt such a Work.

1723 J. Anderson Constit. Free-masons 66 All things relating to the Feast being decided amongst them by a Majority of Voices.

1816 C. Lamb Glenarvon III. c. 245 Now tell me how amongst you you achieved it.

1904 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 21 4893/2 I have compiled from memory a list of the various operations which are performed amongst us upon a collective basis.

1961 M. Kiddle Men of Yesterday xii. 250 Amongst them they subscribed to a fund to defray legal expenses in connection with land certificates.

2007 K. S. Gulia Discovering Himalaya 273 Amongst us we had decided to dispense with Shikar altogether.

6. During, in the course of; (now chiefly) in the context of; = among prep. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > [preposition] > during

throughOE

amongOE

thoroughOE

among thatlOE

amidwarda1225

ofc1275

lengingc1400

hanginga1420

amongsta1450

depending1503

pendant1642

pending1642

a1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Tanner) (1879) l. 1218 A-monges [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 Among] al this to romblen gan the heuene.

1589 T. Bright Abridgement Foxe's Actes & Monuments 367 Amongst all these troublous noyses, Ioh. Sigonius..had audience, and reproued Panormitane.

1640 D. Lupton Glory of their Times 316 Amongst all these troubles he preaches to the people wondrous godlily.

1786 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 259/2 Amongst the changes daily happening, a coalition between the Episcopalians..is approaching.

1831 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 11 June 605 Amongst all the lies and all the fooleries..it seems to have been wholly forgotten that..all began in a fight against the Irish labourers.

1986 Guardian 20 Mar. 21/8 Amongst the chaos and clamour that is London Fashion Week, these are the moments that have made it all worthwhile.

2018 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 28 Amongst all the success there's been hurdles and challenges, and we all have ups and downs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	amongst
释义	amongstprep. Brit. /əˈmʌŋ(k)st/, U.S. /əˈməŋ(k)st/ Forms: α. Middle English omanges, Middle English–1500s amanges, Middle English–1500s amangs, 1600s amangest, 1600s (1800s– English regional (northern)) amangst; also Scottish pre-1700 amanges, pre-1700 amangis, pre-1700 amangist, pre-1700 amangs, pre-1700 1700s amangst. β. Middle English amongus, Middle English amongys, Middle English amongyste, Middle English amonkes, Middle English–1500s amongis, Middle English–1500s amongyst, Middle English–1600s amonges, Middle English–1600s amongs, Middle English– amongst, late Middle English–1600s amongest, 1500s amonckst, 1500s amones, 1500s amonste, 1500s–1600s amongeste, 1500s–1600s amongist, 1500s–1600s amongste, 1500s–1600s amonst, 1500s–1600s amoungst, 1600s amonghste, 1600s amonkst. Etymology: < among prep. + -s suffix¹. With the development of excrescent final -t (probably reinforced by association with superlatives in -st ) compare against prep., alongst prep., amidst adv., betwixt prep., etc. Compare 'mongst prep. and emonges prep.In the early 21st cent. less common than among prep. in most uses, especially in U.S. English. This predominance appears to extend back to the early modern period. 1. a. Followed by a plural noun: in the assemblage of; surrounded by and grouped with; = among prep. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] amongeOE amidOE amongst1258 in (the) mids (of)a1382 in the middle ofc1384 amella1400 amidmonga1500 in the midst of1535 in midst (of)a1556 1258 Proclam. Henry III in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1868–9) 21 We senden ȝew þis writ..to halden a manges ȝew inehord. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1620 Godes hus, Her heuenegate amongus us. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 119 Out com an aungel..In-to þe feld of bedleem, Amonges þe schepherden. 1466 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 87 Y sende yow a capias..praying yowe to put hym yn to þe bondell amonges Berk. writtes. 1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1824) I. ii. App. vi. 403 Did he place himself amongest the prestes? 1650 W. Houghton Christians Desire 6 He answered not, but walking on amongst the trees, the Keeper took his Crosse-bow, and shot his own Lord dead in the place. 1776 J. Cook Voy. Pacific Ocean (1784) I. i. v. 89 Amongst the stones, a few small star-fish, and sea-anemonies, were found. 1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 4 Red brick houses, with poplars coming up amongst them. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. x. 289 I walked about amongst them. 1963 P. White Let. 4 Jan. (1994) vii. 215 The Duttons have an old rambly stone house, on a rocky point, amongst wind-swept tea-trees. 2001 T. Winton Dirt Music (2003) 369 Crabs at feast amongst the mangroves. b. Followed by a singular or collective noun: surrounded by the separate components or collective whole of; = among prep. 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition] > among the separate components of amongOE amongsta1393 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 161 (MED) Love..as a cock among the Hennes Or as a Stalon..Which goth amonges al the Stod..takth what thing comth next to honde. c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1633 They amonges al the pres Shul thus be shamed. 1470 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 585 At hye spryngys the see..bryngyth the salt sandes amongys the gras and makyth yt bytter. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A3^v Amangs the heuinlie companye. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden iii. 7 The white Corn-Rose groweth amongst the Wheat, between Pontfract and Ferry-Bridge. 1796 E. Darwin Zoonomia II. 177 These contagious particles were supposed to be diffused amongst the heavy inflammable air, or carbonated hydrogen, of putrid marshes. 1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 197 Many ships..are at the same time dangerously circumstanced amongst packed ice. 1911 J. J. Abraham Surgeon's Log iii. 73 Crag upon crag of naked rock jutting out grey amongst the green. 1964 E. Salisbury Weeds & Aliens (ed. 2) ii. 46 Bell-shaped flowers inconspicuously situated amongst the foliage. 2008 A. Paterson Gardens at Kew 268 In modern agricultural fields scarlet poppies..are seldom seen amongst the corn. 2. In company, association, communion, or residence with or beside; = among prep. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > among amongOE amongstc1330 c1330 Sir Orfeo (Auch.) (1966) l. 306 He seiȝe..Sexti leuedis on hors ride..Nouȝt o man amonges hem þer nis. c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine 903 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 77 I am aschomed nou Forte liue amonges ȝou. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 Þei hadde no pore man amonges hem. c1475 in J. P. Genet Four Eng. Polit. Tracts (1977) 192 As good peeple will be and abide amonges the good..the perverse and wykked will be with evyll and maliciouse. 1682 A. Behn False Count i. ii. 7 Bal. Let her remain awhile amongst us. 1711 E. Settle City-Ramble iv. 55 Here you must bring me Amongst a Pack of Bloody-Bones and Cut-Throats, And pull down a whole House of Goblings upon my Head. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iv. 23 'Tis the first death Hath been amongst us. 1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 116 To live amongst those with whom one has not anything like one's fair value. 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down iii. i. 290 He had been incarcerated amongst men who could not suffer as he had suffered. 1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes ix. 127 She would never be able to pass herself amongst a crowd of complete strangers. 2009 H. Freeman Meaning of Sunglasses (rev. ed.) 106 Artists kid themselves that they're keeping it real by living amongst the People. 3. a. In the general practice or view of; with or by generally; = among prep. 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > with or by the members of a group generally [preposition] amongOE amongstc1330 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4071 (MED) Amonges hem was gret gladnesse. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. 42 Amonges kniȝtes and clerkis conscience to torne. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 129 The more worschipe he hath amonges hem. 1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 34 Fowll vycys don amonckst relygyus men. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. H ij b Y^e sonday being yairefter amanges y^e Christians callit y^e day of our lord. 1637 T. Jackson Treat. Signs Times 66 in Diverse Serm. False witnesse-bearing, and coveting their neighbours goods are farre more rife amongst us then they were. 1692 J. Locke 3rd Let. for Toleration ix. 216 The ignorance or irreligiousness to be found amongst conformists. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) I. i. i. 32 That general disbelief..which..prevailed amongst the intelligent part of the heathen public. 1802 W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. Introd. 39 This original miscellany holds a considerable value amongst collectors. 1846 Print. Appar. Amateurs 5 A small and old instrument known amongst printers as the Bellows Press. 1958 A. L. Epstein Politics in Urban Afr. Community v. 164 It was widely believed amongst Africans that the money had been pocketed by one of the self-styled Congress leaders. 2009 Big Issue 28 Sept. 11/3 The concern amongst many demonstrators though is that this is just a PR exercise. b. By the reciprocal or mutual action of, shared between or within; = among prep. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [preposition] > between, at, or among amongOE atc1305 amongsta1350 atween1579 a1350 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 10 Þe commun of bruges ful sore con arewe, ant seiden amonges hem: ‘..take we þe bailifs..clappe we of the heuedes.’ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xiv. 70 If men lyued as mesure wolde, shulde neuere more be defaute Amonges cristene creatures. a1500 (c1465) in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 7 This londe stode..in grete werre amonges hem selfe for defaute of a kynge. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. A.v^v Yf ony faccyons or bendes were made secretely amongest her hede offycers. 1558 Queen Elizabeth I in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. iii. 3 Whereupon riseth amonges the common sort..unfruteful dispute. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 111 Arezzo beeing by long dissention amongest themselues almost brought to wracke. 1685 Duke of Buckingham Short Disc. Reasonablen. Men's Relig. 21 Perpetually quarrelling amongst themselves, and cutting one another's Throats. 1759 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful (ed. 2) iii. §4. 176 How are the partizans of proportional beauty agreed amongst themselves? 1867 Evangelical Christendom 181/1 Shall we find no means of restoring order and peace amongst ourselves? 1902 S. Pérez Triana Down Orinoco in Canoe iii. 31 There was great danger that the conquerors might come to blows amongst themselves. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) 3 Apr. (Commentator section) 3/7 They were bickering amongst themselves and arguing with the touch judges. 4. Included in, and often distinguished from, the number of; = among prep. 3a, 3b.Earliest in amongst other things: see thing n.¹ Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > in the number or class of [preposition] amongOE amongstc1391 c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 47* My liege lord..whan I was with him at large, Amonges othre thinges seid He hath this charge upon me leid. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 784 Amonges othere of his honeste thynges He made a gardyn walled al with stoon. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 32 Amonges all folys þat gon on grownd I holde þat þou be on of þe most. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 41 Amongest terrestriall creatures..God hath created none with two legges onely..but man. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb2 The opinion of plentie is amongst the causes of want. View more context for this quotation 1695 tr. P. Le Moyne Of Art of writing Hist. iii. ii. 72 Alexander, Hannibal, Scipio, Marius and Cesar, were great Men, nay Colossos amongst Men. 1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā vii. 52 A few amongst ten thousand mortals strive for perfection. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 3 Amongst other memorials, there is an old family watch. 1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet vii. 165 The apocryphal works are the most numerous... Chief amongst these are the fictitious ‘revelations’ or Terma books. 1966 D. Sutherland Against Wind ii. viii. 119 The Grey Seal is amongst the rarest seals in the world. 2003 Mountain, Trek & Trav. Catal. (Ellis Brigham) Autumn–Winter 92/2 This truly is a Rolls Royce amongst expedition packs. 5. a. In portions to each of, divided between; = among prep. 6a. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribution or dealing out [preposition] amongc1300 amongstc1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 52 Al þe tresour..Ne hath nat bene departed halfe a-riȝt Amonges vs. 1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F3 Dispersing his gifts amongst none but his honest brethren. 1640 Bk. War-Comm. Covenanters 2 The divisione of the said troupe horss amangst the parochess. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. i. 293 Fresh provisions were distributed amongst the sick. 1799 I. Weld Trav. N. Amer. xxxiv. 359 Besides the presents..others of a different nature again, namely, provisions, were dealt out this year amongst certain tribes of the Indians. 1887 J. Ashton 18th Cent. Waifs 239 They had divided amongst them the proceeds of the begging-box. 1930 M. A. Johnstone Etruria Past & Present iv. 50 Tomb contents were destroyed or dispersed amongst private persons. 1974 J. S. Abarbanel Co-operative Farmer & Welfare State x. 212 In case the pooled milk reserve was not used up, the other farmers could divide it out amongst themselves. 2005 C. A. E. Goodhart in D. D. Evanoff & G. G. Kaufman Systemic Financial Crises 268 The benefits of banking intermediation are shared amongst the depositors. b. By the shared effort of, jointly between; = among prep. 6b. ΚΠ 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander i. xxvi. f. 37^v Amongest them they leuied a great numbre of men. 1669 A. Woodhead tr. 2nd Pt. Life Holy Mother xxxi. 187 Amongst them they had means enough to attempt such a Work. 1723 J. Anderson Constit. Free-masons 66 All things relating to the Feast being decided amongst them by a Majority of Voices. 1816 C. Lamb Glenarvon III. c. 245 Now tell me how amongst you you achieved it. 1904 Commonw. Austral. Parl. Deb. 21 4893/2 I have compiled from memory a list of the various operations which are performed amongst us upon a collective basis. 1961 M. Kiddle Men of Yesterday xii. 250 Amongst them they subscribed to a fund to defray legal expenses in connection with land certificates. 2007 K. S. Gulia Discovering Himalaya 273 Amongst us we had decided to dispense with Shikar altogether. 6. During, in the course of; (now chiefly) in the context of; = among prep. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > time > [preposition] > during throughOE amongOE thoroughOE among thatlOE amidwarda1225 ofc1275 lengingc1400 hanginga1420 amongsta1450 depending1503 pendant1642 pending1642 a1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Tanner) (1879) l. 1218 A-monges [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 Among] al this to romblen gan the heuene. 1589 T. Bright Abridgement Foxe's Actes & Monuments 367 Amongst all these troublous noyses, Ioh. Sigonius..had audience, and reproued Panormitane. 1640 D. Lupton Glory of their Times 316 Amongst all these troubles he preaches to the people wondrous godlily. 1786 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 259/2 Amongst the changes daily happening, a coalition between the Episcopalians..is approaching. 1831 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 11 June 605 Amongst all the lies and all the fooleries..it seems to have been wholly forgotten that..all began in a fight against the Irish labourers. 1986 Guardian 20 Mar. 21/8 Amongst the chaos and clamour that is London Fashion Week, these are the moments that have made it all worthwhile. 2018 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 28 Amongst all the success there's been hurdles and challenges, and we all have ups and downs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < prep.1258
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