The specific signification of in is situation or place with respect to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc. It is used with verbs signifying being, resting, or moving within limits, or within circumstances or conditions of any kind conceived of as limiting, confining, or investing, either wholly or in part. In its different applications, it approaches some of the meanings of, and sometimes is interchangeable with, within, into, on, at, of, and among.

With reference to circumstances or conditions; as, he is in difficulties; she stood in a blaze of light.

With reference to character, reach, scope, or influence considered as establishing a limitation; as, to be in one's favor.

With reference to movement or tendency toward a certain limit or environment; -- sometimes equivalent to into; as, to put seed in the ground; to fall in love; to end in death; to put our trust in God.

With reference to a limit of time; as, in an hour; it happened in the last century; in all my life.