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Inserting

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.

Inserting

Inserting \In*sert"ing\, n.

  1. A setting in.

  2. Something inserted or set in, as lace, etc., in garments.

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inserting

n. Something inserted or set in, such as lace in garments. vb. (present participle of insert English)

Usage examples of "inserting".

Suddenly he came to a halt by the bulwarks, and inserting his bone leg into the auger-hole there, and with one hand grasping a shroud, he ordered Starbuck to send everybody aft.

Yana challenged, inserting herself between the injured Sean and the self-proclaimed Shepherd.

The ashmen of the planet milked their glands for precious radioactive iodine, by inserting a surgical tap into the gland-sac.

Instead, he sat before a touchscreen in the central cabin, inserting delicate computer linkages into Alpha's clinic records and scanning for some hint of where she'd put the witness they needed.

To access Core power, the user merely positioned his or her hand, as if inserting the fingertips into the niches on a device, the way humans would use a virtual-reality glove, and they were in touch, so to speak, with the Core.

Ludmilla dismissed that consideration with a broad wave of her hand, inserting the pencil file back into its pocket at the end of the gesture.

Dave said, raising his voice and inserting his words in between the worst of the noise.

He was dressed and inserting the last pencil file into his carryall when he heard a very light rap on the door.

The Mrdini had been able to circumvent the device by staying just beyond its sensor range and inserting instructive dreams in the sleeping minds of Damia, Afra and four other Denebian Talents.

Again Sinead moved forward, stepping with extra care, inserting herself into one of the ubiquitous thickets that grew everywhere.

He was familiar with such things, neatly inserting a disk and turning on the viewer.

Sal and I began to work as a team, and when I saw that he had little stomach for inserting the needlethorn, I took over that job as he held each runner's head.

The pumper made vigorous motions at his end, while the nozzle-holder adjusted his pipe before inserting it in the hole.

But when an object or an infinitive is to follow, I find it slightly awkward to separate it from the finite verb by inserting an adverb between them.

We don't have the time to roll back the air defense system prior to inserting the assault team.