Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TRO-DUCE', v.t. [L. introduco; intro, within, and duco, to lead; Fr. introduire; It. introdurre.]

1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher into a place; as, to introduce a person into a drawing- room.
2. To conduct and make known; to bring to be acquainted; as, to introduce a stranger to a person; to introduce a foreign minister to a prince.
3. To bring something new into notice or practice; as, to introduce a new fashion, or a new remedy for a disease; to introduce an improved mode of tillage.
4. To bring in; to import; as, to introduce foreign goods.
5. To produce; to cause to exist; as, to introduce habits into children. Locke.
6. To begin; to open to notice. He introduced the subject with a long preface.
7. To bring before the public by writing or discourse; as, to introduce one's self to notice or to the public.