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in⋅tro⋅mit

   [in-truh-mit]
–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·mit     (ĭn'trə-mĭt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   in·tro·mit·ted, in·tro·mit·ting, in·tro·mits
To cause or permit to enter; introduce or admit.


[Middle English intromitten, to deal illegally with others, from Latin intrōmittere, to send in, let into : intrō-, in; see en in Indo-European roots + mittere, to send.]

in'tro·mit'tent adj., in'tro·mit'ter n.
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