In- ::
In-
(prep.) A
prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in,
meaning in, into, on,
among; as,
inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the
Latin, in-
regularly becomes il-
before l, ir-
before r, and im-
before a
labial; as,
illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is
sometimes used with an
simple intensive force..