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INTRODUCTORY, adj. Previous; ferving as a means 
to fomething further.—This introduBory difcourfe itfelf is 
to be but an effay, not a book. Boyle. 
INTROGRES'SION, f. [introgrefio, Lat.] Entrance; 
the act of entering. 
INTRO'IT,/ [Fr. from introitus, Lat.] The beginning 
of the mafs ; the beginning of public devotions. 
INTROMISSION,/. [ intromijffo, Lat.] The aft of 
fending in.—If fight be caufed by intromiffion , or receiving 
in the form of that which is feen, contrary fpecies or forms 
fnould be received confufedly together, which Ariltotle 
fhows to be abfurd. Peachum. —In the Scottilli law, the 
aft of intermeddling with another’s effefts; as, He (hall 
be brought to an account for his intromiffions with luch an 
eft cite* 
To INTROMIT', v. a. To fend in; to let in;_to ad¬ 
mit; to allow to enter; to be the medium by which any 
thinn- enters.—Glafs in the window intromits light without 
cold°to thofe in the room. Holder. —Tinged bodies and 
liquors refieft fome forts of rays, and intromit or tranfmit 
other forts. Newton. 
To INTROSPECT', v.a. \introfpeElus, Lat.] To take 
a view of the infide. 
INTROSPEC'TION,/. A view of the infide.—The 
aft in g of the mind or imagination itfelf, by way of re- 
fleftion or intrcfpeclion of themlelves, are difcernible by 
man. Hale. 
INTROSUC'TION, / [from intro, Lat. within, and 
fugo, to fuck.] A fuftion ; the aft of fucking into. Bailey. 
INTROSUMP'TION, /. [from intro, Lat. within, and 
fumo, to take.] The aft ol receiving that nourilhment 
by which animal bodies are increafed. 
INTROVE'NIENT, adj. [ intro and yenio, Lat.] En¬ 
tering; coming in.—Scarce any condition which is not 
exhaufted and obfeured, from the commixture of intro- 
venient nations, either by commerce or conqueft. Brown. 
INTROVER'SION, f. [from Intro, Lat. inward, and 
verto, to turn.] The aft of turning inward. Scott. _ 
To INTRU'DE, v. n. \_intrudo, Lat.] To come in un¬ 
welcome by a kind of violence ; to enter without invi¬ 
tation or permiffion.—The Jewifh religion was yet in 
poffeffion; and therefore, that this might fo enter as not 
to intrude, it was to bring its warrant from the fame hand 
of Omnipotence. South. 
Thy years want wit, thy wit wants edge, 
And manners, to intrude where I am grac'd. Skakefpeare. 
It is followed by on before perfons, or perfonal poffeffions. 
—Some thoughts rife and intrude upon us, while we fhun 
them ; others fly from us, when we would hold them. 
Watts. 
Forgive me, fair one, if officious friendffiip 
Intrudes on your repofe, and comes thus late 
To greet you with the tidings of fuccefs. Rowe. 
To encroach; to force in uncalled or unpermitted: fome- 
times with into.— Let no man t*eguile you of your reward, 
in a voluntary humility, and worlhipping of angels, in¬ 
truding into thofe things which he hath not feen, by his 
fifthly mind Col. ii. 18. . 
Bo INTRU DE, v. a. To force without right or wel¬ 
come; commonly with the reciprocal pronoun.—Not to 
intrude one's felf into the mylteries of government, which 
the princes keep fecret, is reprefented by the winds fliut 
up in a bull-hide, which the companions of Ulyffes would 
needs be fo foolifh as to pry into. Pope. 
INTRU'DER, /. One who forces himfelf into company 
or affairs without right or welcome.—The whole frater¬ 
nity of writers rife up in arms againft every new intruder 
into the world of fame. Addifon.. 
Go, bafe intruder! over-weening Have ! 
Bellow thy fawning fmiles on equal mates. Shakefpeare. 
INTRU'DING,/ The aft of thrufting in. 
INTRUSION,/. [Fr. intrufio, Lat.] The aft of thruft- 
Ljg or forcing any thing or perfon. into any place or Hate. 
—-The reparation of the parts of one body, upon the in - 
trufion of another, and the change from reft to motion 
upon impulfe, and the like, feem to have fome con- 
neftion. Locke. —Encroachment upon any perfon or place; 
unwelcome.entrance; entrance without invitation or per- 
miffion.—I think myfelf in better plight for a lender than 
you are, the which hath fomething emboldened me to 
this unfeafoned intrufion-, for they lay, if money go be¬ 
fore, all ways do lie open. Skakefpeare. 
How’s this, my fon ? Why this intrujion? 
Were not my orders that I Ihould be private ? Addifon. 
Voluntary and uncalled undertaking of any thing.—It 
will be laid, I handle an art no way fuitable either to my 
employment or fortune, and fo Hand charged with intrujion 
and impertinency. Wotton. 
Intrusion, in law, is when the anceftor dies feifed of 
any eftate of inheritance, expeftant upon an eltate for 
life, and then tenant for life dies, between whole death 
and entry of the heir, a ftranger intrudes. Co. Lit. 27J. 
BraEl. lib. 4, cap. 2. Intrufion, therefore, fignifieth an un¬ 
lawful entry into lands or tenements void of a poffeffor, 
by him who hath no right to the fame: and the difference 
between an intruder and an abator is this, that an abator 
entereth into lands void by the death of a tenant in fee; 
and an intruder enters into land void by the death of te¬ 
nant for life or years. F. N. B. 203. 
As he who enters and keeps the right lieir from the 
poffeffion of his anceftor is an intruder punifhable by 
common law ; fo he who enters on the king’s land and 
takes the profits, is an intruder againft the king. Co. Lit. 
277. For this intrufion, information may be brought; 
but, before office found, he who occupies the land lhall not 
be faid to be an intruder, for intrufion cannot be but 
where the king is aftually poffeffed, which is not before 
office ; though the king is entitled to the mefne profits 
after the tenant's eftate ended. Moore 295. See Informa¬ 
tion. By llat. 21 Jac. 1 . cap. 14, the defendants may 
plead the general iffuein informations of intrufion, brought 
on behalf of the king, and retain their poffeffion till trial, 
where the king hath been out of poffeffion, and not re¬ 
ceived the profits for twenty years: and no feire facias 
lhall iffue, whereupon the fubjeft lhall be forced to lpecial 
pleading, &c. 
To INTRUST', v.a. To treat with confidence; to 
charge with any fecret commifiion, or thing of value: as. 
We inlrujl another with fomething; or, We intrujl fome¬ 
thing to another.—His majelty had a lolicitous care for 
the payment of his debts ; though in fuch a manner, that 
none of the duke’s .officers were intruded with the know¬ 
ledge of it. Clarendon. 
Are not the lives of thofe, who draw the fword 
In Rome’s defence, intrujled to our care ? Addifon. 
INTRUST'ING,/ The aft of committing with confi¬ 
dence to another. 
INT'SIA,/ in botany. See Mimosa. 
INTUI'TION, / [intuitus, intueor, Lat.] Sight of any 
thing, ufed commonly of mental view ; immediate know¬ 
ledge.—At our rate of judging, St. Paul had paffed for a 
molt malicious perfecutor; whereas God faw he did it ig¬ 
norantly in unbelief, and upon that intuition had mercy 
on him. Government of the Tongue. —Knowledge not obtained 
by deduction of reafon, but inftantaneoufly accompanying 
the ideas which are its objeft.—All knowledge of caufes 
isdeduftive; for we know none by limple intuition, but 
through the mediation of their effefts; for the cafuality 
itfelf is infenfible. Glanville. 
He their fingle virtues did furvey, 
By intuition in his own large breaft. Dryden. 
INTU'ITIVE, adj. [inluitivus, low Lat. intuitif, Fr.] 
Seen by the mind immediately, without the intervention 
of argument or teftimony.—Immediate perception of the 
agreement and difagreement of two ideas, is when, by 
comparing then* together in our minds, we fee their agree¬ 
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