What does betwixt mean?
Betwixt means (literary or archaic) Between..
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/bɪˈtwɪkst/ · preposition
(literary or archaic) Between..
There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.
When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.
It cannot be denied that the devolutions of the title to the house in issue have been unusual, and are not free from challenge. In a contest betwixt legal titles, instruments of writing thereabout must often be strictly construed, and that which may be called the real intent of the makers is sometimes defeated. But this [case] does not demand a technical application of the rules of law governing the devolution of land titles. Only a contract is in issue here.
And praying to the Gods beneath, I stuck my dirk betwixt my teeth and drew my sabre from its sheath.
Use betwixt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Betwixt means (literary or archaic) Between..
Common synonyms include between.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her.
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