INTROMIT

admit, allow in, let in, intromit

(verb) allow to enter; grant entry to; “We cannot admit non-members into our club building”; “This pipe admits air”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

intromit (third-person singular simple present intromits, present participle intromitting, simple past and past participle intromitted)

(legal, Scotland) To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

(transitive) To send in or put in; to insert or introduce.

(transitive) To allow to pass in; to admit.

Source: Wiktionary


In`tro*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intromitting.] Etym: [L. intromittere, intromissum; intro- within + mittere to send.]

1. To send in or put in; to insert or introduce. Greenhill.

2. To allow to pass in; to admit. Glass in the window intromits light, without cold. Holder.

In`tro*mit", v. i. (Scots Law)

Definition: To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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