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betwixt

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be·twixt  (b-twkst)
adv. & prep.
Between.
Idiom:
betwixt and between
In an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another.
[Middle English bitwixt, from Old English betwix; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
betwixt
prep, adv
1. Archaic between
2. betwixt and between in an intermediate or indecisive position
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Adv.1.betwixt - in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between"
between


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