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Webster 1913 Edition

Insert

In-sert′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inserted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inserting
.]
[L.
insertus
, p. p. of
inserere
to insert; pref.
in-
in +
serere
to join, connect. See
Series
.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Insert

INSERT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. insero, insertum; in and sero, to thrust.]
Literally, to thrust in; hence, to set in or among; as, to insert a cion in a stock; to insert a letter, word or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement or other writing in a paper.

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