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verbal phrase, 1963 in the computing sense, from log (v.2) + in (adv.).

"persist through adversity," 1969, usually with there; see hang (v.) + in (adv.).

1740, Latin, literally "in its (original) place or position," from ablative of situs "site" (see site (n.)).

Latin, "as a whole, wholly, completely, utterly, entirely," from toto, ablative of totus "whole, entire" (see total (adj.)); "always or nearly always with verbs of negative sense" [Fowler].

in fieri

legal Latin, "in the process of being done," from fieri "to come into being, become," used as passive of facere "to make, do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put").

in vivo

1898, Latin; "within a living organism," from vivere "to live" (see vital).

in extremis

"at the point of death," 16c., Latin, literally "in the farthest reaches," from ablative plural of extremus "extreme" (see extreme (adj.)).

in re (prep.)

"in the matter of, in the (legal) case of," c. 1600, probably from Duns Scotus; Latin, from re, ablative of res "property, goods; matter, thing, affair," from Proto-Italic *re-, from PIE *reh-i- "wealth, goods" (source also of Sanskrit rayi- "property, goods," Avestan raii-i- "wealth").

in utero

1713, Latin, literally "in the uterus," from ablative of uterus (see uterus).

in memoriam

Latin, literally "in memory of," from accusative of memoria "memory" (from PIE root *(s)mer- (1) "to remember"). The phrase was much-used in Latin writing; Tennyson's poem of that name (published in 1850) seems to have introduced the phrase to English.

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