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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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In'tro-dūce', v. t. p. 711[Lat. introducere, from intro, inwardly, within, and du-cere, to lead; Sp. introducir, Pg. introduzir, It. introdurre, Fr. introduire, Pr. introduire. 1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in…Ĭn′tro-dū′cer, n. p. 711One who introduces.In'tro-dūct', v. t. p. 711To introduce. [Obs.]In'tro-dūc'tion, n. p. 711The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. 2. The act of making persons known to each other; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. 3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces…Ĭn′tro-dūc′tive, a. p. 711Serving to introduce; serving as the means to bring forward something; introductory. South.In'tro-dūc'tive-ly, adv. p. 711In a manner serving to introduce.Ĭn’trō-dūc’tor, n. p. 711An introducer. [Obs.] Gibbon.Ĭnʹtro-dūcʹto-ri-ly, adv. p. 711By way of introduction.Ĭnʹtro-dūʹcĕʹto-ry, a. p. 711Serving to introduce something else; previous; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory remarks; an introductory discourse.In'tro-dūc'tress, n. p. 711A female who introduces.In'tro-flēxed', a. p. 711Flexed or bent inward.In'tro-grē'ssion, n. p. 711The act of going in; entrance. [Obs.] Blount.In-trō'it, n. p. 711(Anc. Church & Rom. Cath. Church.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest was entering within the rails of the altar;—now used as a name for…In'tro-mīs'sion, n. p. 711The action of sending or conveying in. 2. (Scots Law.) An intermeddling with the effects of another, either on legal grounds or without any authority; in the latter case it is called vicious…In'tro-mit', v. t. p. 711To send in; to let in; to admit. Greenhill. 2. To allow to enter; to be the medium by which a thing enters. “Glass in the window intromits light, without cold, to those in the room.” Holder.In'tro-mit', v. i. p. 711(Scots Law.) To intermeddle with the effects of another. We intromitted, as Scotch law phrases it, with many family affairs. De Quincey.Ĭn’/tro-mīt’/tent, a. p. 711Throwing or conveying into or within.Ĭn′tro-prĕsh′ion, n. p. 711Pressure acting within; inward pressure. [Rare.]In'tro-re-çēp'tion, n. p. 711The act of admitting into or within. Hammond.In-trôrse', a. p. 711(Bot.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray.Ĭn’/tro-rŭp’tion, n. p. 711Without irruption. [Obs.] Blount.In'tro-spēct', v. t. p. 711To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey.Ĭn’/tro-spĕc’tion, n. p. 711A view of the inside or interior. I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden.Ĭn′tro-spĕct′ĭve, a. p. 711Inspecting within; seeing inwardly.Ĭn′tro-sūme′, v. t. p. 711To draw or suck in; to absorb; to swallow up. [Obs.] Evelyn.In'tro-sus-cĕp'tion, n. p. 711The act of receiving within. [Obs. or rare.] The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which becomes evil thereby. Coleridge. 2. (Anat.) Intussusception. See INTUSSUSCEPTION.Ĭn’trō-vēn’ient, a. p. 711Coming in or between; entering. [Obs.] Browne.Ĭn’trō-vēr’sion, n. p. 711The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted.In'tro-vērt', v. t. p. 711To turn inward. “Introverted toe.” Cooper.In-trude', v. i. p. 711To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation or welcome; to enter, unwelcome or uninvited, into company; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours. Thy wit wants edge And…In-trude', v. t. p. 711To thrust in, or cause to enter without right or welcome. 2. To force or cast in. Greenhill. 3. (Geol.) To force, as into the clefts or fissures of rocks. Syn.—To obtrude; encroach; infringe…In-trud'ed, p. a. p. 711(Geol.) Intrusive. See INTRUSIVE.In-trud'er, n. p. 711One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters where he has no right, or is not welcome. They were but intruders on the possession during the minority of the heir. Davies. They were all…In-trŭnk', v. t. p. 712To inclose, as in a trunk; to incase; to enwrap. [Obs.] Had eager lust intrunked my conquered soul, I had not buried living joys in death. Ford.In-tru'sion, n. p. 712The act of intruding, or of entering into a place or state without invitation, right, or welcome; encroachment. Why this intrusion? Were not my orders that I should be private? Addison. 2. (Geol.)…In-tru'sion-al, a. p. 712Pertaining to intrusion.In-tru'sion-ist, n. p. 712One who intrudes into the place of another, or who favors such intrusion; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.In-tru'sive, a. p. 712Tending or apt to intrude; entering without right or welcome. Thomson. Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a melted state, into the cavities or between the layers of other…In-tru'sive-ly, adv. p. 712In an intrusive manner; without invitation.In-tru'sive-ness, n. p. 712The act of entering without permission or invitation.In-trŭst', v. t. p. 712To deliver in trust; to confide to the care of; to commit to another with confidence in his fidelity; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or goods, or to intrust money or goods to a servant.…In/tu-ï'tion, n. p. 712A looking after; a regard to; an aim. [Obs.] What, no reflection on a reward! He might have had an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller. 2. A distinct…In-tu-i'tion-al, a. p. 712Pertaining to, or characterized by, intuition; derived or obtained by intuition; intuitive.In'tu-i'tion-al-ism, n. p. 712(Metaph.) The doctrine that the perception or recognition of truth is intuitive.In-tū'i-tive, a. p. 712Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision. 2. Knowing by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction or reasoning. Whence the soul Reason receives, and reason is her being…In-tū'i-tive-ly, adv. p. 712In an intuitive manner; without reasoning; as, to perceive truth intuitively.In'tu-mĕsçe', v. i. p. 712To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell. In a higher heat, it intumesces, and melts into a yellowish-black mass. Kirwan.In'tu-mēs'çence, n. p. 712The action of swelling. 2. A swell; a swelling with bubbles; a rising and enlarging; a tumid state. Woodward.In-tū'mu-lā'ted, a. p. 712Unburied. [Obs.] Cockream.In-tur’bid-āte, v. t. p. 712To render turbid; to darken; to confuse. The confusion of ideas and conceptions under the same term painfully inturbidates his theology. Coleridge.In'tur-gĕs'cence, n. p. 712A swelling; the action of swelling, or state of being swelled. [Obs.] Browne.In'tūse, n. p. 712A bruise. [Obs.] Spenser.In'tus-sus-cĕp'tion, n. p. 712The reception of one part within another. 2. (Anat.) The abnormal reception of a part of a tube, by inversion and descent, within a contiguous part of it; especially, the reception of the upper part…In-twine′, v. t. p. 712To twine or twist into, or together; to wreathe; as, a wreath of flowers in-twined. [Written also entwine.]In-twine'ment, n. p. 712The act of intwining.In-twist', v. t. p. 712To twist into or together; to interweave.In-ū-ên'do, n. p. 712See INNUENDO.In'ū-lā, n. p. 712(Bot.) A genus of plants including the elecampane.Ĭn'ū-līne, n. p. 712(Chem.) A variety of starch obtained from the roots of Inula helenium, and other synantherous plants. It is tasteless, insoluble in cold water, but soluble in hot, and is deposited in the form of…In-ūm'brāte, v. t. p. 712To shade. Bailey.