adv. Now rare or arch. [Orig. two words, THERE 17 and AMONG prep.] Among that, those, or them.

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1399.  Langl., Rich. Redeles, Prol. 37. If ȝe ffynde ffables or ffoly þer amonge.

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1482.  Rolls of Parlt., VI. 222/1. And thereamonge put Thokes and broken belyed fissh.

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1836.  Fraser’s Mag., XIII. 12. There is neither fruit, nor appearance of fruit, there-among.

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1770.  C. Varley, New Syst. Husb., I. viii. 136. The improvement the land would receive, by stirring and opening the mold to let the salts of the air thereamong, and by thinning the turnips to encourage their growth, will more than double pay the expence.

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1869.  Tennyson, Pelleas, 92. Three knights were thereamong; and they too smiled.

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  So Thereamongst adv. rare, in same sense.

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1599.  A. M., trans. Gabelhouer’s Bk. Physicke, 10/1. Mixe theramongste Cubebes, Mace, Cloves.

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1606.  G. W[oodcocke], Hist. Ivstine, II. 11 b. They might perceiue a multitude of women to be there amongst.

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