Intromit

//ˌɪntɹəˈmɪt// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another. Scotland
  2. 2
    allow to enter; grant entry to wordnet
  3. 3
    To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. transitive

    "this Bird has been often observ’d, by means of his crooked Bill intromitted into the Anus, to inject salt Water, as with a Syringe, into its own Bowels, and thereby to exonerate its Paunch when too much obstructed."

  4. 4
    To allow to pass in; to admit. transitive

    "Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold."

Synonyms

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admitadmitallow inease inentergive an entree

Example

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"this Bird has been often observ’d, by means of his crooked Bill intromitted into the Anus, to inject salt Water, as with a Syringe, into its own Bowels, and thereby to exonerate its Paunch when too much obstructed."

Etymology

From Latin intrōmittō.

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