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Meaning of INTROMIT

Pronunciation:  `intru'mit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
 
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 Synonyms: admit, allow in, let in
 
 Antonyms: refuse, reject, turn away, turn down
 
 See Also: allow, countenance, let, permit, readmit, repatriate

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \In`tro*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intromitted}; p.
    pr. & vb. n. {Intromitting}.] [L. intromittere, intromissum;
    intro- within + mittere to send.]
    1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. --Greenhill.
    2. To allow to pass in; to admit.
             Glass in the window intromits light, without cold.
                                                   --Holder.
    
  2. \In`tro*mit"\, v. i. (Scots Law)
    To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: admit, ease in, give an entree, immit, infuse, inject, inoculate, insert, insinuate, interject, introduce, let in, perfuse, pop in, put in, receive, set in, slip in, stick in, take in, throw in, throw open to, tuck in, whip in
 

 

 

 

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