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in·tro·mit 
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Audio Help [in-truh-mit] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
| to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME intromitten < L intrōmittere to send in, equiv. to intrō- intro- + mittere to send]
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in·tro·mis·si·ble, adjective
in·tro·mis·sive, adjective
in·tro·mit·tent, adjective
in·tro·mit·ter, noun
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intromission
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| in·tro·mis·sion
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n. The act or process of intromitting; introduction or admission. [Medieval Latin intrōmissiō, intrōmissiōn-, usurpation, from Latin intrōmissus, past participle of intrōmittere, to intromit; see intromit.] in'tro·mis'sive (-mĭs'ĭv) adj. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| intromission | |
noun | |
| the act of putting one thing into another [syn: insertion] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Intromission
In`tro*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit.]1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. --South. 2. The act of letting go in; admission. 3. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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