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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inserted \In*sert"ed\, a. (Bot.)
Situated upon attached to or growing out of some part --
said especially of the parts of the flower; as the calyx,
corolla, and stamens of many flowers are inserted upon the
receptacle. --Gray.
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
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