Meanings
present singular third person intromits · participle present intromitting · participle past intromitted · past intromitted
- ScotlandlawTo intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
- transitiveTo send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
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.
1705, Thomas Greenhill, Νεκροκηδεία or The Art of Embalming - transitiveTo allow to pass in; to admit.
Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold.
1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinintrōmittō
- Englishintromit
From Latin intrōmittō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian вкарвам, допускам
- вкарвам (vkarvam)to insert or introduce
- допускам (dopuskam)To allow to pass in
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