in prep. (1 extension of the normal use in which ‘in’ with a gerund is equivalent to a clause, e.g. Tp. II. i. 226)
1.
used
redundantly with gerunds R2 V. v.
54,
1H6 V. iii. 41
“suddenly surpris'd By
bloody hands, in sleeping on your
beds,”
H8 I. i. 145, Troil. III. iii. 250,
Cor. IV. vi. 132
“cast Your . . . caps in
hooting at Coriolanus' exile.”
2.
=at
Oth. I. ii. 94
“In this time of the
night.”
3.
=on
2H4 I. ii. 237
“in a hot day.”
4.
used where no prep.
is now expressed
Meas. IV. iv. 9
“why should we proclaim
it in an hour before his
entering.”