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introreception

introreception noun: the act of admitting into or within.

Noun

introreception (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act of admitting into or within.
    • Were but the love of Christ to us ever suffered to come into our hearts , -as species to the eye by introreception , -- had we but come to the least taste and relish of ita. 1660, Henry Hammond, a sermon

Origin of introreception

From intro- + reception.

Questions about introreception

What does introreception mean?
Introreception means the act of admitting into or within.
What part of speech is introreception?
Introreception is a noun.

Words near introreception in the dictionary

  1. intropressions
  2. introprusside
  3. intropunitive
  4. intropunitively
  5. intropunitiveness
  6. introreception
  7. introrsal
  8. introrse
  9. introrsely
  10. intros
  11. introscan

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