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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insert \In*sert"\, v. 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
insert
n 1: a folded section placed between the leaves of another
publication
2: something inserted or to be inserted [syn: {inset}]
3: (film) a still inserted and interrupting the action
(broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a
network broadcast [syn: {cut-in}]
v 1: put or introduce into the body of something "insert a
picture into the text" [syn: {infix}, {enter}, {introduce}]
2: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: {enclose}, {inclose},
{stick in}, {put in}, {introduce}]
3: fit snugly into [syn: {tuck}]
4: insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own
work" [syn: {slip in}, {stick in}, {sneak in}]
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