ab intra

American  

[ahb in-trah, ab in-truh] / ɑb ˈɪn trɑ, æb ˈɪn trə /

adverb

Latin.

1. from inside; from within.

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Example Sentences

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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

No! all revelation is and must be ab intra; the external ph�nomena can only awake, recall evidence, but never reveal.

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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 Roget, Peter Mark

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