Definition

1. Verb:
   • To allow to enter; to grant entry to: The primary meaning of "intromit" is to permit something or someone to go into a place or to be included within something.
   • To introduce or insert: It can also mean to put something into something else, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The security system is designed to intromit only authorized personnel. (The system is designed to allow only authorized personnel to enter.)
  • This valve intromits water into the chamber. (This valve allows water to enter the chamber.)
  • The new policy will intromit a wider range of opinions into the discussion. (The new policy will allow a wider range of opinions to be included in the discussion.)

Advanced Usage Notes

• Formality: "Intromit" is a formal, technical, or legal term. In everyday English, words like "admit," "allow," "let in," or "insert" are far more common.
• Context: It is often used in scientific, legal, or procedural contexts to describe the controlled entry or introduction of an element.
  • The judge did not intromit the disputed evidence into the trial. (The judge did not allow the disputed evidence to be entered into the trial record.)

Variants and Related Words

• Intromission (noun): The act of intromitting; admission or insertion.
  • The intromission of foreign particles can damage the engine.
• Intromittent (adjective): Having the function of intromitting; used especially in biology (e.g., an intromittent organ).

Synonyms

• Admit: To allow to enter.
• Allow in: To give permission to enter.
• Let in: A less formal phrase for allowing entry.
• Insert: To put or introduce into something.
• Introduce: To bring in for the first time.

Antonyms

• Exclude: To deny entry or keep out.
• Eject: To force or throw out.
• Expel: To drive or force out.
• Bar: To prevent entry.

Related Phrases and Usage

• To intromit into: This is the typical prepositional phrase used with the verb.
  • The agreement intromits the possibility of future amendments. (The agreement allows for the possibility of future amendments to be introduced.)

Verb

1. allow to enter; grant entry to
   • We cannot admit non-members into our club building
   • This pipe admits air