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Insert   /ɪnsˈərt/  /ˈɪnsˌərt/   Listen
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Insert  v. t.  (past & past part. inserted; pres. part. inserting)  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."






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"Insert" Quotes from Famous Books



... who had been hitherto either plunged in deep contemplation or in an incipient slumber, "insert, I say, these very words: 'And with the heat of the morning, and anxiety of so rapid a march, with a numerous enemy in his rear, the Emperor was so thirsty, as never in his life to ...
— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott

... as the other," he reported. "Signed, 'Madigan, Justice Supreme Judicial Court.' Back to the door, Mac Tavish. Here, Miss Bunker, insert ...
— All-Wool Morrison • Holman Day

... the London Times," said the man in grey. "Pooh! I did not allude to that trumpery journal, but the Liverpool Times, the Amserau. I sent some pennillion to the editor for insertion and he did not insert them. Peth ...
— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... When pulling a rope you may wish to gain more purchase on it or you may wish to insert a short stick to pull with. Use the loop knot ...
— How Girls Can Help Their Country • Juliette Low

... reader fully to understand the needs of these poor people in the southern portion of Kansas, I insert an appeal of a constant and self-sacrificing worker for them, Daniel Votaw, of Independence, Kansas: "It appears that the southern portion of this State is having a larger share of emigrants than any other part of it. For this reason ...
— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland


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