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INTROMIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: intromitted    , intromitting   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Allow to enter; grant entry to

Example:

This pipe admits air

Synonyms:

admit; allow in; intromit; let in

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "intromit" is one way to...):

allow; countenance; let; permit (consent to, give permission)

Verb group:

admit (serve as a means of entrance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intromit"):

repatriate (admit back into the country)

readmit (admit anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

intromission (the act of putting one thing into another)

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