intromit

English

Etymology

Latin intrōmittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈmɪt/

Verb

intromit (third-person singular simple present intromits, present participle intromitting, simple past and past participle intromitted)

1. (law, Scotland) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
2. (transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
   • 1705, Thomas Greenhill, Νεκροκηδεία or The Art of Embalming:

     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.

3. (transitive) To allow to pass in; to admit.
   • 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:

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

Translations

to insert or introduce

• Bulgarian: вкарвам (bg) (vkarvam)

To allow to pass in

• Bulgarian: допускам (bg) (dopuskam)

References

• “intromit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.