[ L. intro, adv., inwardly, within. See Inter-. ] A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introcedere, introcessum, to go in; intro within + cedere to go. ] (Med.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Introduced p. pr. & vb. n. Introducing ] [ L. introducere, introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See Intro-, and Duke. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever introduces habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Syn. -- To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Introduction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, introduces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To introduce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introductio: cf. F. introduction. See Introduce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. introductif. ] Serving to introduce; introductory. -- In`tro*duc"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] An introducer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of introduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire. ] Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female introducer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flexed or bent inward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introgressus, p. p. of introgredi to go in; intro- within + gradi to step, go. ] The act of going in; entrance. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introitus, fr. introire to go into, to enter; intro within + ire to go: cf. F. introit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A going in. Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar. (b) A part of a psalm or other portion of Scripture read by the priest at Mass immediately after ascending to the altar. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically; (Zool.) The insertion of the male copulatory organ into the female in the process of coitus. South. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Four populations [ of the vlei rat ] varied in a number of parameters of copulatory behavior, such as latency to first mount, number of intromissions per series, and latency to intromission after first ejaculation. Edith Dempster (African Small Mammals Newsletter, Issue No. 16, May 1996, Laboratoir Mammifères & Oiseaux, Paris) [ PJC ]

3. The act of letting go in; admission. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Scots Law) An intermeddling with the affairs of another, either on legal grounds or without authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting. ] [ L. intromittere, intromissum; intro- within + mittere to send. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To allow to pass in; to admit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. (Scots Law) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intromittens, p. pr. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Throwing, or allowing to pass, into or within. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Used in copulation; -- said of the external reproductive organs of the males of many animals, and sometimes of those of the females. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who intromits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pressure acting within. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of admitting into or within. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. introrsus inward, contr. from introversus. See Introvert. ] (Bot.) Turning or facing inward, or toward the axis of the part to which it belongs. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. introspectus, p. p. introspicere to look into; intro within + specere to look. See Spy. ] To look into or within; to view the inside of. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. introspection. ] A view of the inside or interior; a looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states; self-consciousness; reflection. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was forced to make an introspection into my own mind. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metaph.) One given to the introspective method of examining the phenomena of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. introspectif. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving the act or results of conscious knowledge of physical phenomena; -- contrasted with associational. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. intro- + L. sumere to take. ] To draw in; to swallow. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of receiving within. [ 1913 Webster ]

The person is corrupted by the introsusception of a nature which becomes evil thereby. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Same as Intussusception. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. introveniens, p. pr. of introvenire to come in; intro within + venire to come. ] Coming in together; entering; commingling. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Introvert. ] The act of introverting, or the state of being introverted; the act of turning the mind inward. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Psychol.) directed inward; marked by interest in oneself or concerned with inner feelings. Contrasted with extroversive. [ Narrower terms: introvert, introverted, introvertive; introvertish, shut-in ]. Antonym: ambiversive. Also See: unsociable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Introverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Introverting. ] [ Pref. intro- + L. vertere, versum, to turn. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To turn or bend inward. “Introverted toes.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To look within; to introspect. Lew Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who is introverted; one concerned predominantly with himself or his own feelings. Contrasted with extrovert. [ PJC ]

2. A person who is shy. [ PJC ]

3. (Zool.) A part that can be introverted{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. examining one's own sensory and perceptual experiences. Contrasted with extrospective.
Syn. -- introspective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. marked by concern predominantly with oneself or one's own feelings. Contrasted with extroverted.
Syn. -- introvert, introvertive. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. somewhat introverted.
Syn. -- shut-in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as introverted, 2.
Syn. -- introvert, introverted. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a quadroon and a white. ] (Ethnol.) The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To introduce again. -- Re*in`tro*duc"tion n. [1913 Webster]