intromit
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of intromit
1375–1425; late Middle English intromitten < Latin intrōmittere to send in, equivalent to intrō- intro- + mittere to send
Example Sentences
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You were to learn what you could of the Pretender's movements, and incidentally you were to intromit with certain of our settled agents at Versailles.
From Doom Castle by Neil Munro
He who never intromits at all, will never intromit with fraudulent intentions.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
"Qui sibi bene temperat in licitis," says one of the fathers, "nunquam cadet in illicita:" he who never intromits at all, will never intromit with fraudulent intentions.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
Mrs. Tappitt had frequently offered to intromit the ceremony when calling upon his generosity for other purposes, but the September gift had always been forthcoming.
From Rachel Ray by Anthony Trollope
V. insert; introduce, intromit; put into, run into; import; inject; interject &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
James, Earl of Murray, took upon him the name of the Regent, ... intromitted with the whole strengths, munitions, jewels, and patrimony of the crown, as well property as casualty....
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
Another Night-larum; but onlie from Father, who wanted me to write for him,—a Task he has much intromitted of late.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Anne Manning
By reason of this high condition of development those passing out of the material form are at once intromitted into the higher conditions of the spiritual world, because they are fitted for them.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by C. G. (Carl Gustaf) Helleberg
He could hear the sound whenever her brush intromitted its harsh whoosh-whoosh and she paused to apply fresh soap.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
And here I give notice to all good and lawful men that I am duly seized of the above title, so that they may abstain from intromitting with the same.
From Far Off Things by Arthur Machen
Woman," said Saddletree, assuming an elevated tone, to which the meridian had somewhat contributed, "desist,—I say forbear, from intromitting with affairs thou canst not understand.
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Sir Walter Scott
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