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Definition of Introverting
1. introvert [v] - See also: introvert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Introverting
Literary usage of Introverting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" Or "Eastern-Catholic by William Palmer (1853)
"... according to the Latins, introverting upon itself and introverted, is said to
beget and to be begotten : the same Deity a second time (not in time but ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"There is no arrangement for introverting the anterior portion of the body into
the hinder portion in the Pterobranchia. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"To relieve the spinal uneasiness, as well as to counteract the introverting
tendencies of the circulation upon the uterus, wet and dry cupping were used to ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"INTROVERSION, (in-tro-ver'-shun) ni 1 he act of introverting.
To INTROVERT, (in-tro-vert') ti. a. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... with Ita enlarged extremity applied to tho end oí the embryo-sac, and introverting
it slightly, the germinal vesicle in the sac has been Impregnated, ..."
6. Greek Genius, and Other Essays by John Jay Chapman (1915)
"At last he perceives that by introverting the sense of it something can be done.
He adjusts the sordino, and, as the melancholy Jaques would say, ..."
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