Part 6027

<h1>Introspectionist</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*spec"tion*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul.</def>

<h1>Introspective</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*spec"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>introspectif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with <i>associational</i>.</def>

<i>J. S. Mill.</i>

<h1>Introsume</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*sume"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>intro-</ets> + L. <ets>sumere</ets> to take.]</ety> <def>To draw in; to swallow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Evelyn.</i>

<h1>Introsusception</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*sus*cep"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of receiving within.</def>

<blockquote>The person is corrupted by the <b>introsusception</b> of a nature which becomes evil thereby. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Intussusception</er>.</def>

<h1>Introvenient</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*ven"ient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>introveniens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>introvenire</ets> to come in; <ets>intro</ets> within + <ets>venire</ets> to come.]</ety> <def>Coming in together; entering; commingling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Introversion</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*ver"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Introvert</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward.</def>

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<h1>Introvert</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In`tro*vert"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Introverted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Introverting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>intro-</ets> + L. <ets>vertere</ets>, <ets>versum</ets>, to turn.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To turn or bend inward.</def> "<i>Introverted</i> toes."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To look within; to introspect.</def>

<i>Lew Wallace.</i>

<h1>Intrude</h1> <Xpage=783>

<hw>In*trude"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>intrudere</ets>, <ets>intrusum</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>trudere</ets> to thrust, akin to E. <ets>threat</ets>. See <er>Threat</er>.]</ety> <def>To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; <as>as, to <ex>intrude</ex> on families at unseasonable hours; to <ex>intrude</ex> on the lands of another.</as></def>