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intromit
 
SYLLABICATION:in·tro·mit
PRONUNCIATION:  ntr-mt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: in·tro·mit·ted, in·tro·mit·ting, in·tro·mits
To cause or permit to enter; introduce or admit.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English intromitten, to deal illegally with others, from Latin intrmittere, to send in, let into : intr-, in; see en in Appendix I + mittere, to send.
OTHER FORMS:intro·mittent —ADJECTIVE
intro·mitter —NOUN
 
 
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