insertion
Roget category 300
2. Words relating to space› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction
#300.
[Forcible ingress.]
Insertion
noun
insertion,
implantation,
introduction —
insinuation
etc.
(intervention)
228 —
planting,
etc.
v. —
injection,
inoculation,
importation,
infusion —
forcible ingress
etc.
294 —
immersion —
submersion,
submergence,
dip,
plunge —
bath
etc.
(water)
337 —
interment
etc.
363.
clyster [Med.],
enema,
glyster†,
lavage,
lavement†.
verb
insert —
introduce,
intromit —
put into,
run into —
import —
inject —
interject
etc.
298 —
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant —
dovetail.
obtrude —
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in —
impact —
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed —
immerse,
immerge,
merge —
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337 —
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c. —
plunge in medias res.
adjective
inserted
etc.
v..
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