- 3. Bring into notice, bring before the public, bring into use.
- 4. Begin, commence, be the first to take up.
Introduction, n.
- 1. Introducing, ushering in.
- 2. Presentation.
- 3. Preface, prelude, proem, exordium, preliminary part.
- 4. Introductory treatise, elementary or rudimentary guide.
Introductory, a. Prefatory, preliminary, precursory, proemial.
Introspection, n. Looking within, self-contemplation.
Intrude, v. n.
- 1. Obtrude, force one’s self, thrust one’s self, enter where one is not welcome, interlope.
- 2. Encroach, trench, infringe, trespass.
Intrude, v. a. Obtrude, force in, thrust in, press in, foist in, worm in.
Intruder, n. Interloper, intermeddler, meddler.
Intrusion, n.
- 1. Intruding, obtrusion.
- 2. Encroachment, infringement.
Intrusive, a. Obtrusive, trespassing.
Intrust, v. a. Confide, commit, consign, give in trust, deliver in trust.
Intrust with. Confide to (the care of), commit to (the safe-keeping of), place in one’s trust.
Intuition, n.
- 1. Immediate perception (by the intellect), immediate knowledge, instinctive knowledge, direct cognition,
apprehension at first sight.
- 2. Immediate perception (by sense), perception, beholding.