Webster's Dictionary 1828

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INTRODUCTIVE

INTRODUC'TIVE, adjective Serving to introduce; serving as the means to bring forward something.

2945

INTRODUCTOR

INTRODUC'TOR, noun An introducer. [Not used.]

2946

INTRODUCTORY

INTRODUC'TORY, adjective Serving to introduce something else; previous; prefatory; preliminary; as introductory remarks; an introductory discourse.

2947

INTROGRESSION

INTROGRES'SION, noun [Latin introgressio.] Entrance. [Not used.]

2948

INTROMISSION

INTROMIS'SION, noun [Latin intromissus, intromitto; intro and mitto, to send.]1. The action of sending in.2. In Scot's law, an intermeddling with the effects of another.

2949

INTROMIT

INTROMIT', verb transitive [Latin intromitto, supra.]To send in; to let in; to admit.1. To allow to enter; to be the medium by which a thing enters. Glass in the window intromit...

2950

INTRORECEPTION

INTRORECEP'TION, noun The act of admitting into or within.

2951

INTROSPECT

INTROSPECT', verb transitive [Latin introspicio; intro and specio, to look.]To look into or within; to view the inside.

2952

INTROSPECTION

INTROSPEC'TION, noun A view of the inside or interior.I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind.

2953

INTROSUSCEPTION

INTROSUSCEP'TIONINTROVE'NIENT, adjective [Latin intro and veniens, venio, to come.]Coming in or between; entering. [Little used.]

2954

INTROVENIENT

INTROVE'NIENT, a. [L. intro and veniens, venio, to come.]Coming in or between; entering. [Little used.]

2955

INTROVERSION

INTROVER'SION, noun The act of turning inwards.

2956

INTROVERT

INTROVERT', verb transitive [Latin intro and verto.] To turn inwards.

2957

INTRUDE

INTRU'DE, verb intransitive [Latin intrudo; in and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]1. To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation or welcome; to enter, as into co...

2958

INTRUDED

INTRU'DED, participle passive Thrust in.

2959

INTRUDER

INTRU'DER, noun One 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...

2960

INTRUDING

INTRUDING, participle present tense Entering without invitation, right or welcome.

2961

INTRUSION

INTRU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin intrusio, from intrudo.]1. The action of thrusting in, or of entering into a place or state without invitation, right or welcome. The company may...

2962

INTRUSIVE

INTRU'SIVE, adjective Thrusting in or entering without right or welcome; apt to intrude.

2963

INTRUST

INTRUST', verb transitive [in and trust.] To 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...

2964

INTRUSTED

INTRUST'ED, participle passive Delivered in trust; committed to the hands or care of another, in confidence that he will be faithful in discharging his duty.

2965

INTRUSTING

INTRUST'ING, participle present tense Delivering in trust; confiding to the care of.

2966

INTUITION

INTUI'TION, noun [Latin intuitus, intueor; in and tueor.]A looking on; a sight or view; but restricted to mental view or perception. Particularly and appropriately, the act by w...

2967

INTUITIVE

INTU'ITIVE, adjective1. Perceived by the mind immediately, without the intervention of argument or testimony; exhibiting truth to the mind on bare inspection; as intuitive evide...

2968

INTUITVELY

INTU'ITVELY, adverb By immediate perception; without reasoning; as, to perceive truth intuitively.

2969

INTUMESCE

INTUMESCE, verb intransitive intumes'. [Latin intumesco; in and tumeo, to swell.]To swell; to enlarge or expand with heat.In a higher heat it intumesces and melts into a yellowi...

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INTUMESCENCE

INTUMES'CENCE, noun [supra.] The action of swelling.1. A swell; a swelling with bubbles; a rising and enlarging; a tumid state.