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2 definitions found 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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