insert English · revision 10537

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1529|origins=la inserere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: verb: UK /ɪnˈsɜːt/, US /ɪnˈsɝːt/; noun: UK /ˈɪn.sɜːt/, US /ˈɪn.sɝːt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|īnsertus]], past participle of īnserere, to put in, graft,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from in-, in, and serere, to join together, put in a row (see [[series]]).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) Middle English had already borrowed the Latin verb as inseren, late 14th century.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To set, put or place in: 1529, in Sir Thomas More's Supplycacyon of Soulys.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Putting a word or passage into a text is from 1533,^(OED 1989) and in anatomy and botany to attach at a point from 1601.^(OED 1989) The noun, something inserted, is from 1893,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) first a circular placed among the pages of a newspaper or magazine,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) later also a piece of material set into a garment.^(SOED 2002) ''Insertion'' is from 1578.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – inseren (Middle English).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1529 – to insert.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1533 – to put into a text.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1578 – insertion.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1893 – an insert (noun).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put or set into, between or among.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To introduce into a text; to [[interpolate]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To place a spacecraft into an [[orbit]] or trajectory.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # Something inserted, such as a loose advertising sheet in a magazine.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inserter]]

+ * [[insertable]]

+ * [[outsert]]

+ * [[preinsert]]

+ * [[reinsert]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[insertion]]

+ * [[series]]

+ * [[assert]]

+ * [[exert]]

+ * [[desert]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}