In'ter·plēad', v. i.

[imp. & p. p. INTERPLEADED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTERPLEADING. See PLEAD.] [Prefix inter and plead.] (Law.) To discuss or try a point incidentally happening, before the principal cause can be tried; to try between themselves, as the claimants in an interpleader. [Also enterplead.]