'mongst

preposition

Apheretic form of amongst.

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Meanings

preposition
  1. archaicpoeticApheretic form of amongst.

    No more do souls of men. For stories sayen Well known 'mongst countrey folk, our spirits fly, […]

    1647, Henry More, “[Philosophical Poems.] Antipsychopannychia or The Third Book of the Song of the Soul: Containing a Confutation of the Sleep of the Soul after Death. The Præexistency of the Soul, […].”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Complete Poems of Dr. Henry More (1614–1687) […] (Chertsey Worthies’ Library), [Edinburgh: […] Edinburgh University Press; Thomas and Archibald Constable, […]] for private circulation, published 1878, →OCLC, stanza 78, page 126, column 1
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APA

'mongst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'mongst

MLA

“'mongst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'mongst. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “'mongst,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/'mongst.

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