inset

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  1. transitive verb To set in; insert.
  2. transitive verb To furnish with an inset.
  3. noun Something set in, as:
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  • The dig site reveals a mass grave with the "vampire" indicated and, inset, a 3D model of the skeleton with brick. —  Signs of the Times
  • The inset is a magnified image of the growth cone area. —  Daily Headlines
  • The inset is how close we were able to get with Google Earth. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Web 2.0
  • One story says she got the habit from friend Coney Reyes (upper left inset, wearing a jacket). —  Blogged!
  • Li-Lo - who yesterday showed off her trim figure in a bandage dress on the set of Ugly Betty (inset) - has also been talking up her relationship with Sam, plus their matching tattoos. —  In Case You Didn't Know
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  1. from Middle English insetten, from Anglo-Saxon insettan, Old Northumbrian insetta, appoint, literally set in (= Dutch inzetten = Middle Low German Low German insetten = German einsetzen = Danish indsœtte = Swedish insätta), from in, in, + settan, set: see set.
  2. from inset, v.
 

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