intromit

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=tro=mit

CIDE DICTIONARY

intromit, v. t. [L. intromittere, intromissum; intro- within + mittere to send.].

•  To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.  Greenhill.  [1913 Webster]
•  To allow to pass in; to admit.  [1913 Webster]

  "Glass in the window intromits light, without cold."  [1913 Webster]

intromit, v. i. 

 To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intromit, v.tr. (intromitted, intromitting)
1 archaic (foll. by into) let in, admit.
2 insert.

Derivative

intromission n. intromittent adj.

Etymology

L intromittere intromiss- introduce (as INTRO-, mittere send)

THESAURUS

intromit

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

ROGET THESAURUS

intromit

Cessation

VB cease, discontinue, desist, stay, halt, break off, leave off, hold, stop, pull up, stop short, stick, hang fire, halt, pause, rest, burn out, blow out, melt down, have done with, give over, surcease, shut up shop, give up, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, come to a full stop, arrive, go out, die away, wear away, wear off, pass away, be at an end, disintegrate, self-destruct, intromit, interrupt, suspend, interpel, intermit, remit, put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to, derail, turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect, bring to a stand, bring to a standstill, stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent, pull the check-string, pull the plug on, Int, hold!, stop!, enough!, avast!, have done!, a truce to!, soft!, leave off!, tenez!.

Reception

VB give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree, introduce, intromit, usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in, let in, take in, suck in, draw in, readmit, resorb, reabsorb, snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate, engulf, engorge, gulp, eat, drink.

Insertion

VB insert, introduce, intromit, put into, run into, import, inject, interject, infuse, instill, inoculate, impregnate, imbue, imbrue, graft, ingraft, bud, plant, implant, dovetail, obtrude, thrust in, stick in, ram in, stuff in, tuck in, press, in, drive in, pop in, whip in, drop in, put in, impact, empierce, imbed, immerse, immerge, merge, bathe, soak, dip, plunge, bury, insert itself, lodge itself, plunge in medias res.