INTRUSIVE
In*tru"sive, a.
Defn: Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks. — In*tru"sive*ly, adv. — In*tru"sive*ness, n.
INTRUST
In*trust", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n.
Intrusting.]
Defn: To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or goods to a servant.
Syn.
— To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
INTUBATION
In`tu*ba"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.)
Defn: The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
INTUITION In`tu*i"tion, n. Etym: [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]
1. A looking after; a regard to. [Obs.] What, no reflection on a reward! He might have an intuition at it, as the encouragement, though not the cause, of his pains. Fuller.
2. Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; — distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension. Sagacity and a nameless something more, — let us call it intuition. Hawthorne.