BETWEE'N, prep.
1. In the intermediate space, without regard to distance as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
2. From one another passing from one to another, noting exchange of actions or intercourse as, things go well between the parties.
3. Belonging to two or more, in common or partnership as, two friends have but one soul between them twenty proprietors own a tract of land between them. We observe that between is not restricted to two.
4. Having mutual relation to two or more as, discords exist between the families.
5. Noting difference, or discrimination of one from another as, to distinguish between right and wrong.