INSERTED

Verb

inserted

simple past tense and past participle of insert

Adjective

inserted (not comparable)

(botany) Attached to or growing out of some part.

Anagrams

• Dniester, desertin', disenter, indesert, nerdiest, resident, sentried, sintered, tendries, trendies

Source: Wiktionary


In*sert"ed, a. (Bot.)

Definition: Situated upon, attached to, or growing out of, some part; -- said especially of the parts of the flower; as, the calyx, corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the receptacle. Gray.

INSERT

In*sert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inserting.] Etym: [L. insertus, p. p. of inserere to insert; pref. in- in + serere to join, connect. See Series.]

Definition: To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper. These words were very weakly inserted where they will be so liable to misconstruction. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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20 May 2024

GLUED

(adjective) affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste; “he stayed glued to one spot”; “pieces of pasted paper”


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