Part 6026

<h1>Intromit</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*mit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intromitted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intromitting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intromittere</ets>, <ets>intromissum</ets>; <ets>intro-</ets> within + <ets>mittere</ets> to send.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.</def>

<i>Greenhill.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To allow to pass in; to admit.</def>

<blockquote>Glass in the window <b>intromits</b> light, without cold. <i>Holder.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intromit</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*mit"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.</def>

<h1>Intromittent</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*mit"tent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intromittens</ets>, p. pr.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females.</def>

<h1>Intromitter</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*mit"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who intromits.</def>

<h1>Intropression</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*pres"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pressure acting within.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Introreception</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*re*cep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of admitting into or within.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Introrse</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trorse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>introrsus</ets> inward, contr. from <ets>introversus</ets>. See <er>Introvert</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Introspect</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*spect"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>introspectus</ets>, p. p. <ets>introspicere</ets> to look into; <ets>intro</ets> within + <ets>specere</ets> to look. See <er>Spy</er>.]</ety> <def>To look into or within; to view the inside of.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Introspection</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*spec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>introspection</ets>.]</ety> <def>A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection.</def>

<blockquote>I was forced to make an <b>introspection</b> into my own mind. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>