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intro-, prefix|ɪntrəʊ| L. intrō adv. ‘to the inside’, used with verbs and their derivatives, as intrōdūcĕre to lead in, introduce, intrōspicĕre to look within. Hence in English words derived from L. or formed of L. elements, the more important of which will be found in their alphabetical places. The following are of less frequent use: intro-ˈactive a., having the property of acting within, internally active; in quot. 1876 loosely, Mutually active, interactive. introˈceptive a. [L. capĕre to take; cf. receptive], adapted to receive something within itself. introcession |-ˈsɛʃən| rare—0 [mod.L. intrōcessio: cf. L. intrōcēdĕre to go in, enter]: see quots. † introˈclude v. Obs. rare—0 [ad. late L. intrōclūdĕre], ‘to shut within’ (Blount Glossogr. 1656). introconˈversion Chem., the conversion of either of two compounds into the other by change of internal molecular structure without change of ultimate composition; so introconvertiˈbility, the capability of being thus converted. introˈdigitate v. intr. = interdigitate 1. introflexed |-ˈflɛkst| ppl. a. [see flex v.], bent or curved inwards; so introflexion |-ˈflɛkʃən|, an inward bending or curvature. intromoˈlecular a., subsisting within a molecule, or between its constituent atoms (distinguished from intermolecular). introˈmutative a. [L. mūtāre to change], applied by R. C. Temple to languages in which the inflexional changes are within the words. † introˈpression Obs., pressure inwards. introˈpulsive a. [L. puls-, ppl. stem of pellĕre to drive; cf. impulsive, repulsive], having the quality of driving inwards. introreˈception, the action of receiving within. introˈruption rare—0 [f. L. type *intrōruptiōn-em, f. intrōrumpĕre to burst in], a bursting or breaking in, irruption. introˈsensible a., capable of being inwardly perceived or felt. introˈsentient a., perceiving within. introˈsuction, the action of sucking inwards. introˈtraction [see traction], the action of drawing inwards. introvision |-ˈvɪʒən|, a seeing or looking within; inward or mental vision. † introˈvoke v. Obs. rare—0 [ad. L. intrōvocāre], ‘to call in’ (Cockeram, 1623).
1855Browning Cleon 212 A quality..within his soul, which, *intro-active..may view itself, And so be happy. a1876M. Collins Th. in Garden (1880) I. 200 To serve and be served are introactive functions: the nation serves its king, the true king serves his nation.
c1818Britton Lincolnshire 600 The pipes..have no insertions, but are joined by an exterior ring..with an *introceptive process of strong cement, like the bed in which the pipes are laid. [1811Hooper Med. Dict., Introcessio.]
1823Crabb Technol. Dict., *Intro-cession (Med.), a depression or sinking of any parts inwards.
188.Amer. Chem. Jrnl. IX. 371 The reactions and *introconvertibility of maleic and fumaric derivatives cannot be brought in harmony with the assumption.
1870Rolleston Anim. Life 130 Five pairs of accessory..dissepiments, *introdigitating along their interior.
1846Worcester, *Introflexed, bent inward. Smith. 1866Treas. Bot., Introcurvus, Introflexus, Introflexed, curved inwards.
1849W. H. Harvey British Marine Algæ 12 Small, spherical chambers, formed by the *introflexion of the walls of the receptacle.
1895Story-Maskelyne Crystallogr. vi. §152 Not merely the relative distribution inter se—the intermolecular distribution—of the chemical molecules.., but also the *intromolecular arrangement of the atoms, whereof the molecules are composed.
1899R. C. Temple Univ. Gram. 7 Since affixes may be prefixes, infixes, or suffixes..languages are..divisible into (1) pre-mutative, or those that prefix their affixes; (2) *intro-mutative, or those that infix them; and (3) post-mutative, or those that suffix them.
1758W. Battie Madness x. 74 Fracture, *intropression, and concussion of the head occasion such pressure.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1858) I. App. C 408 The *intropulsive force, that sends the ossification inward. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 314 Compressed air exercises an intropulsive influence.
a1660Hammond Wks. (1683) IV. 564 Were but the love of Christ to us, ever suffered to come into our hearts, as Species to the eye by *introreception. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 64 Hee..came to the reception, perception and cognition, or rather introspection, intuition and introreception of the præmentioned..by the pure Revelation of the..Spirit of God.
1656Blount Glossogr., *Introruption (introruptio), an entring or rushing in by violence.
1857T. E. Webb Intellect. Locke iv. 73 Sensible Ideas..restricted to the Sensible Qualities of Matter and the *Intro-Sensible Operations of Mind.
1842J. Sterling Ess., etc. (1848) I. 450 [The] *introsentient part of man.
1663Power Exp. Philos. ii. 97 Then draw back the Squirt staff, and the Syringe will appear a Vacuity (which will pain your finger by an *Introsuction of it in at the Orifice). 1670Phil. Trans. V. 1083 He examines the Torricellian Experiment, not admitting that to be an Instance of Vacuity, but esteeming, that a great force of Introsuction (so he calls it) makes temporary pores and pervious passages.
1843Blackw. Mag. LIV. 653 The touch..brings the sight within..the sphere of vision. But somewhat less directly..the sight operates the same *introtraction (pardon the coinage) upon itself.
1861Lytton Str. Story II. 300 How the mesmerists would account for this phenomenon of hygienic *introvision and clairvoyance. 1869Contemp. Rev. XII. 623 An energetic mind cut off..from active communication with the material world, and so driven to an introvision..the more intense as his outward sense became dimmed. |