intromit

American  

[in-truh-mit] / ˌɪn trəˈmɪt /

verb (used with object)

intromitted, intromitting

1. to send, put, or let in; introduce; admit.

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intromit British  

/ ˌɪntrəˈmɪt /

verb

1. rare (tr) to enter or insert or allow to enter or be inserted

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Other Word Forms

• intromissibility noun
• intromissible adjective
• intromission noun
• intromissive adjective
• intromittent adjective
• intromitter noun
• unintromissive adjective
• unintromitted adjective

Etymology

Origin of intromit

1375–1425; late Middle English intromitten < Latin intrōmittere to send in, equivalent to intrō- intro- + mittere to send

Example Sentences

Mrs. Tappitt had frequently offered to intromit the ceremony when calling upon his generosity for other purposes, but the September gift had always been forthcoming.

From Rachel Ray by Trollope, Anthony

You were to learn what you could of the Pretender's movements, and incidentally you were to intromit with certain of our settled agents at Versailles.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil

"Qui sibi bene temperat in licitis," says one of the fathers, "nunquam cadet in illicita:" he who never intromits at all, will never intromit with fraudulent intentions.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

But whence it is that tinged Bodies and Liquors reflect some sort of Rays, and intromit or transmit other sorts, shall be said in the next Book.

From Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Newton, Isaac, Sir

V. insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark