Ĭn’ter-rŭpt’1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. INTERRUPTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTERRUPTING.] [Lat. interrumpere, interruptum, from inter, between, and rumpere, to break; It. interrompere, Sp. interromper, interrumpir, Fr. interrompre].
Sense 1. To break into or between; to stop or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; as, a fall of rain interrupted our journey.
Do not interrupt me in my course. Shak.
Sense 2. To divide; to separate; to break the even surface or uniform succession or order of; as, the road was not interrupted by a single hill.