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▪ I. insert, v.|ɪnˈsɜːt|
Also 6–8 incert, pa. pple. 6 incert, 7 insert.
[f. L. insert-, ppl. stem of inserĕre to put in, f. in- (in-2) + serĕre to join together, put into.]
1. trans. To set, put, or place in; to push or thrust in; to fix or fix in; to introduce; to ingraft. Said primarily of putting any solid object into a space which it fits, or fills up; hence to place a thing, as an addition, between the parts of another, as to insert a page or plate into a book; also, to push or put a thing (e.g. a stick, a finger, the point of a knife) into a hole or aperture, whether to remain there, or to be again withdrawn.
1529More Suppl. Soulys Wks. 321/1 This soule that bryngeth with hym suche frayle woorkes eyther wrought by themselfe or inserted peraduenture and myxed a myddes of some good and vertuous worke. a1555Bradford Wks. (Parker Soc.) 90 They must needs be condemned if that they be not insert and engrafted into the very true body and natural body of our Saviour Christ. 1638F. Junius Paint. of Ancients 119 To varie the unitie of a stone by inserting such spots into the crust as were not by nature. 1647H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. ii. xxiv, If all to all revert, Each part then into each part is insert. 1658W. Sanderson Graphice 25 Here a Print of Grotesco should have been inserted. 1782Cowper To W. C. Unwin iii, The bud inserted in the rind..Adorns..The stock whereon it grows. 1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 277 It inserts its long tongue into the holes through which the ants issue. 1799Med. Jrnl. II. 138 His arm is inflamed from the vaccine matter inserted four days since. 1833H. Martineau Manch. Strike 110 Boring a hole between two flints in a yard..and inserting therein a daisy. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge vii, A..key which he inserted cautiously in the lock..and softly opened the door. 1884Bower & Scott De Bary's Phaner. 514 Slightly thickened fibres, between which wide vessels surrounded by bundle-parenchyma are inserted.
b. To put or introduce (a letter, word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) into a body of written or printed matter, or into a programme; to put as a paragraph, advertisement, or article, into a newspaper or the like; to introduce as a figure or element in a picture, etc.; to include.
1533More Answ. Poysoned Bk. i. xi. Wks. 1053/2, I haue good reader, in the exposicion of these woordes of our sauiour inserted the incorporacion of hym and vs together, by the receiuing and eating of his owne body into oures. 1542Lyndesay Herald. Notes Wks. (E.E.T.S.) v. 609 Vtheris enormities ar incert and registrat in this present buik. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xxxvi. §1 With our Lord's Prayer they would find no fault, so that they might persuade us..not [to] insert it so often into the liturgy. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §125 A short story may not be unfitly inserted. 1676Ray Corr. (1848) 122, I find no more species of birds than what I have already inserted in the Ornithology. 1713Lond. Gaz. No. 5151/4 There was Incerted..in the Gazette, that a Plate..was to be run for. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 164 Amended and rectified, by inserting the words St. Stephen's near. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 345 We would not consent to insert in them [bills] clauses conferring new privileges on the nobility. 1864J. H. Newman Apol. 107 Something he had inserted into the Magazine.
†c. To introduce or ingraft into (a family).
1594J. Dickenson Arisbas (1878) 39 Many Princes..desirous to insert themselues into [so] royall a kinred..offered their daughters with large portions. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. (1637) 261 Aetheldred King of England..inserted into his owne familie by way of adoption Anlaf the Dane.
2. Anat., Zool., Bot. To attach; to join at a specified point of attachment. Only in pa. pple.
[1601Holland Pliny I. 310 Where hath she [Nature] placed and inserted the [gnat's] instrument and organ of smelling? ]1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 280 Antennæ with six joints, inserted at the internal margin of the eyes. 1851–6Woodward Mollusca 25 The muscles of the arms are inserted in a cranial cartilage. 1857Henfrey Bot. §157 When an organ is not adherent to any other circle, but inserted on the receptacle, it is said to be free.
▪ II. ˈinsert, n.
[f. insert v., or abbrev. of insertion.]
Something inserted. a. An additional sentence or paragraph added to a proof to be inserted in the ‘revise’ or ‘final’. and b. In the U.S. postal service, A paper, circular, etc. placed within the folds of a newspaper, or the leaves of a magazine or book.
1893in Funk's Stand. Dict. 1907Installation News Dec. 1/2 There are three of these loose inserts. One is a pamphlet..; the second is an advance price sheet [etc.]. 1928R. B. H. Bell Life Abundant 142 This little book would not be complete without an insert on the Art of Prayer.
c. An object of one material around which another material (as concrete, plastic, or metal) sets or solidifies, or which is forced into it after it has set.
1913G. A. Hool Reinforced Concrete Construction II. iv. 152 These castings are made in convenient lengths and the slot in the bottom makes it possible to place hangers or bolts at any desired location along the length of the insert. The casting can be anchored as securely in the concrete as may be necessary. 1933L. F. Rahm Plastic Molding i. 10 Where the production of work is large enough to justify it, special machines may be developed for the simultaneous staking-in of multiple inserts, instead of molding these in the article. 1934H. Chase Die Castings iv. 145 Inserts are usually knurled on the surface in contact with metal cast around them. 1967B. Harocopos tr. Technol. Gravity Die-Casting ix. 121 In die-casting, it is possible to produce articles comprising cast⁓in-place inserts of ferrous metals, bronze, brass or, less frequently, of aluminium. 1968Gloss. Formwork Terms (B.S.I.) 16 Insert, a piece of timber or other material cast into the concrete surface usually to provide a fixing.
d. A shot inserted into a cinema film, taken after the filming of a particular sequence.
1916‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xvi. 269 He made all of his ‘close-ups’, his inserts and sub-titles. 1949A. Huxley Let. 6 Mar. (1969) 593 Hitchcock..now shoots continuously a whole reel at a time, doing everything without cutting, getting the necessary close-ups and inserts..by camera movements and movements of the actors. 1957B.B.C. Handbk. 119 Items presented from a central studio may be combined with ‘live’ or filmed inserts originating from anywhere in Britain. 1965Movie Spring 26 The insert shots representing Hamp's mental images (these recall the joke insert of the mother dropping dead in Shoot the Pianist). 1970New Yorker 26 Sept. 123/1 Keaton doesn't care much for inserts. ‘I like long takes, in long-shot,’ he says. ‘Close ups hurt comedy.’
e. Misc. uses.
1922M. B. Houston Witch Man xiv. 180 She glanced quickly through the sheets of paper lying there, even at the insert in the typewriter. 1950Jrnl. Acoustical Soc. Amer. XXII. 655/1 (heading) Magnetic insert earphone insertable in the ear of the user... This small telephone receiver is of the earphone type such as is used with hearing aids. 1955Gloss. Acoustical Terms (B.S.I.) 24 Insert earphone, an earphone of small dimensions associated with a fitting for insertion into the auditory meatus. 1961Times 29 Aug. 13/7 Special inserts telling the story behind this new cigarette are contained in each packet. 1962B.B.C. Handbk. 51 The BBC contributed 116 programmes and received a total of 199 complete programmes or inserts from the network. 1968Bodl. Libr. Rec. VIII. 62 The printing of book-form catalogues is the principal aim of the project; these catalogues are to be maintained up to date by insert sheets. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 52/1 (Advt.), Men's Leather Palm Wool Gloves. Expertly fashioned of a bulky knit wool with slip-resistant leather palm inserts. 1971D. Potter Brit. Eliz. Stamps 11 The latest area to have taken up Queen Elizabeth British issues is Western Europe, and the Post Office has responded with overseas agencies and translation inserts in their packaged sets. 1972N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Oct. 4/8 Such warranties can be found in many places: in the advertisements of the product, in the circulars or package inserts accompanying it.
▸ Computing. Also with capital initial. A mode of operation on a word processor, word-processing program, or other text editor in which a keyed character is inserted before the character after the cursor rather than replacing it; also insert mode. Cf. overtype n.
1982Computerworld 8 Feb. 121/4 Other standard features include..insert, delete, overtype,..and other commands. 1997Microsoft Mag. Winter 36/1 The typing mode does not switch from insert to overtype or vice versa. 1999D. Gookin Word 2000 for Windows for Dummies iv. 51 Insert mode's evil twin is Overtype mode. In Overtype mode, all the text you type overwrites the existing text on-screen. |