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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").
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Dictionary entries near in re
in fieri
in forma pauperis
in loco parentis
in medias res
in memoriam
in re
in situ
in totidem verbis
in toto
in utero
in vitro