Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insert"

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) 1.7 (wn)

insert
n 1: a folded section placed between the leaves of another
publication
2: an artifact that is inserted or is 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 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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