ab intra
Americanadverb
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If we exclude space by an abstract assumption, the time remains as a spaceless point, and represents the concentered power of unity and active negation, i.e. retraction, determination, and limit, ab intra.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Adv. internally &c. adj.; inwards, within, in, inly†; here in, there in, where in; ab intra, withinside†; in doors, within doors; at home, in the bosom of one's family.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
There is now a regular projection, ab intra ad extra, for which neither sprouts nor cuttings can any longer be the substitutes.
From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Either of you has enough of the vis ab intra to make a good soldier.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
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