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intromitting

intromitting is the present participle and gerund of intromit.

Meaning of intromit

Verb

intromit (third-person singular simple present intromits, present participle intromitting, simple past and past participle intromitted)

  1. (Scotland) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
  2. (transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.
    • this Bird has been often observ’d, by means of his crooked Bill intromitted into the Anus, to inject salt Water, as with a Syringe, into its own Bowels, and thereby to exonerate its Paunch when too much obstructed.1705, Thomas Greenhill, Νεκροκηδεία or The Art of Embalming
  3. (transitive) To allow to pass in; to admit.
    • Glass in the window […]intromits Light, without Cold.1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC

Questions about intromitting

What is intromitting the present participle and gerund of?
Intromitting is the present participle and gerund of intromit.

Words near intromitting in the dictionary

  1. intromittent
  2. intromittent organ
  3. intromittent organs
  4. intromitter
  5. intromitters
  6. intromitting
  7. intron
  8. intronic
  9. intronically
  10. intronization
  11. intronizations

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