inserted
[in-sur-tid]
- Botany. (especially of the parts of a flower) attached to or growing out of some part.
- Anatomy. having an insertion, as a muscle, tendon, or ligament; attached, as the end of a muscle that moves a bone.
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Origin of inserted
insert
[verb in-surt; noun in-surt]
- to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
- to introduce or cause to be introduced into the body of something: to insert an extra paragraph in an article.
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- something inserted or to be inserted.
- an extra leaf or section, printed independently, for binding or tipping into a book or periodical, especially a leaf or section consisting of an illustration or advertisement printed on different paper.
- any small picture, device, etc., surrounded partly or completely by body type.
- a paper, circular, etc., placed within the folds of a newspaper or the leaves of a book, periodical, etc.
- Movies, Television. a cut-in.
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Origin of insert
1520–30; < Latin insertus past participle of inserere to put in, insert, equivalent to in- in-2 + ser- (stem of serere to link together) + -tus past participle suffix
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Contemporary Examples
In another case, a whole plate of uneaten food (including nuts, hummus and raisins) was pureed and inserted rectally.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with TortureRussell Saunders
December 10, 2014
The Infinity Stones are six magical stones that, when inserted into the Infinity Gauntlet, grant the wearer infinite power.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New SuperheroesMarlow Stern
October 30, 2014
She inserted the question the way someone might confront a WWE wrestler about whether what happens in the ring is real.
A sheet covered his body from the neck down, making it impossible to see where, exactly, the needle had been inserted.
That outsiders have inserted themselves into the situation may not be surprising.
Historical Examples
He crumpled the poster and inserted it beneath the lid of his iron stove.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
The prices of a few are inserted; sixteen blankets were sold.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
This passage, I say, is inserted to explain the words of Moses which precede it.
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II]Benedict of Spinoza
Kirkwood, watching and following to the threshold, inserted the key.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
The feed steam-pipe is inserted in this, and soldered in place.
Boys' Book of Model BoatsRaymond Francis Yates
inserted
- anatomy (of a muscle) attached to the bone that it moves
- botany (of parts of a plant) growing from another part, as stamens from the corolla
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insert
- to put in or between; introduce
- to introduce, as into text, such as a newspaper; interpolate
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- something inserted
- a folded section placed in another for binding in with a book
- a printed sheet, esp one bearing advertising, placed loose between the leaves of a book, periodical, etc
- another word for cut in (def. 6)
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin inserere to plant in, ingraft, from in- ² + serere to join
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Word Origin and History for inserted
insert
v.
"to set in, put or place in," 1520s, from insert, past participle of Middle English inseren "to set in place, to graft, to introduce (into the mind)" (late 14c.), from Latin inserere "to put in, implant," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + serere "join together" (see series). Related: Inserted; inserting. The noun meaning "something inserted" is from 1893.
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