Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inserted"

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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