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in⋅set

  [n. in-set; v. in-set] noun, verb, -set, -set⋅ting.
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–noun
1. something inserted; insert.
2. a small picture, map, etc., inserted within the border of a larger one.
3. influx.
4. the act of setting in.
5. a piece of cloth or other material set into a garment, usually as an ornamental panel.
–verb (used with object)
6. to set in or insert, as an inset: to inset a panel in a dress.
7. to insert an inset in: to inset a mounting with jewels.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME insetten to insert, OE insettan to initiate; see in- 1 , set

Related forms:
insetter, noun
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Word Origin & History

inset 
1559, influx of water, place where water flows in," from in + set. Meaning "extra pages of a book, etc." is from 1875; that of "small map in the border of a larger one" is from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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