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Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced; foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious matter.

The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.

To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation or argument. Milton.

The act of pouring into a vessel; specif. (Med.), the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel; as, intrafusion of blood.

A prefix signifying within, into, in, inward; as, introduce, introreception, introthoracic.

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

The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.

Untrodden. [R.] Hudibras. -- In"vi*ous*ness, n. [R.]

An introduction. [Obs.] Harris.

Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.

itation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garden.

ns thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. Wharton. -- Commercial law. See Law merchant (below). -- Common law. See under Common. -- Criminal law, that branch of jurisprudence which…

the flywheel end, using high-pressure steam and working as a compound engine, -- a plan introduced by M'Naught, a Scottish engineer, in 1845.

A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros discolor) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince.

Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. Addison. Elementary machine, a name sometimes given to one of the simple mechanical powers. See under Mechanical. -- Infernal machine. See under Infernal. -- Machine gun.See under Gun. -- Machine screw, a screw or bolt adapted f…

y used as the equivalent of Madame, but for which Signora is now substituted. Sometimes introduced into English. Shak.

entually sporozoites, which, penetrating to the salivary glands of the mosquito, may be introduced into a new host. The attacks of the disease coincide with the dissolution of the corpuscles and liberation of the spores and products of growth of the parasites into the blood plasma. Several species of the parasite are d…

d; wet, spongy earth. Chaucer. He his rider from the lofty steed Would have cast down and trod in dirty mire. Spenser. Mire crow (Zoöl.), the pewit, or laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.] -- Mire drum, the European bittern. [Prov. Eng.]

A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rat…

of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.