| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| VARIANT FORMS: | or il– or im– or ir– |
| PREFIX: | 1. In; into; within: inundation. Before l, in- is usually assimilated to il-; before r to ir-; and before b, m, and p to im-. 2. Variant of en–1. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English (from in, in; see in1) and from Old French (from Latin, from in, in, within; see en in Appendix I).
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