Part 6025

<h1>Introductive</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*duc"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>introductif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to introduce; introductory.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>In`tro*duc"tive*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Introductor</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*duc"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An introducer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Introductorily</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*duc"to*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By way of introduction.</def>

<h1>Introductory</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*duc"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>itroductorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>introductoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; <as>as, <ex>introductory</ex> proceedings; an <ex>introductory</ex> discourse.</as></def>

<h1>Introductress</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*duc"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A female introducer.</def>

<h1>Introflexed</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*flexed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Flexed or bent inward.</def>

<h1>Introgression</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*gres"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>introgressus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>introgredi</ets> to go in; <ets>intro-</ets> within + <ets>gradi</ets> to step, go.]</ety> <def>The act of going in; entrance.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Introit</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*tro"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>introitus</ets>, fr. <ets>introire</ets> to go into, to enter; <ets>intro</ets> within + <ets>ire</ets> to go: cf. F. <ets>introit</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A going in.</def>

<i>Caxton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.</def>

<h1>Intromission</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*mis"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>intromission</ets>. See <er>Intromit</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of letting go in; admission.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.</def>