Intercept

v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTERCEPTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTERCEPTING.] [Lat. intercipere, interceptum, from inter, between, and capere, to take, seize; Fr. intercepter, Sp. interceptar, It. intercettare.]

1. To stop on its passage; to take or seize by the way; as, to intercept a letter.
2. To obstruct the progress of; to stop; as, to intercept a course or passing; to intercept the current of a river.

Who intercepts me in my expedition. Shak. We must meet, first, and intercept his course. Dryden. 3. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off. While storms vindictive intercept the shore. Pope. 4. (Math.) To take, include, or comprehend between. Right ascension is an arc of the equator, reckoning toward the east, intercepted between the beginning of Aries and the point of the equator which rises at the same time with the sun or star in a right sphere. Bailey.