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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĭn’ter-dĭg’ĭ-tāte, v. t. p. 705To interweave. [Very rare.]Ĭn’ter-dĭg/i-tā’ti̯on, n. p. 705(Anat.) The space between fingers, or between finger-like processes. R. Owen.Ĭnʹter-dūçe, n. p. 705(Carp.) A tie for keeping two posts together; an intertie.Ĭn’ter-ē’qui-nōc’tial, a. p. 705Coming between the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. [Obs.] Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. Belfour.Ĭn′ter-ess, n. p. 705Interest. [Obs.]In'ter-ess, v. t. p. 705To interest or affect. [Obs.] Hooker.In’ter-est, v. t. p. 705To place among; to set or station. [Obs.] “Interested him among the gods.” Chapman. 2. Hence, to be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite;—often used impersonally. [Obs.] Or…Ĭn’ter-est, n. p. 705Special attention to some object; concern; sympathy; regard. So much interest have I in thy sorrow. Shak. 2. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, especially of pleased or gratified…Ĭn′ter-ĕst-ĕd, p. a. p. 705Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected; as, an interested witness.Ĭn’ter-ĕst-ĭng, p. a. p. 705Engaging the attention or curiosity; exciting, or adapted to excite, emotions or passions; as, an interesting story.Ĭn′ter-ěst-ing-ly, adv. p. 705With interest.In'ter-ést-ing-ness, n. p. 705The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.In'ter-fā'cial, a. p. 705(Geom.) Included between two plane surfaces or faces. Interfacial angle, an angle formed by the meeting of two planes.Ĭn′ter-fēre′, v. i. p. 705To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands. 2. To enter into or take a part in the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. “To interfere with…Ĭn/ter-fĕr'ence, n. p. 705The act or state of interfering, intermeddling, or interposing; interposition. 2. The act of coming violently into contact; collision; clashing. 3. (Physics.) The mutual influence, under certain…In'ter-fēr'er, n. p. 705One who interferes.Ĭn’ter-fēr’ing-ly, adv. p. 705By interference.In-tĕr'flu-ent or In-tĕr'flu-ōus, a. p. 705Flowing between. Boyle.In'ter-fō'li-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 706(Bot.) Situated between opposite leaves, but placed alternately with them; as, interfoliaceous flowers or peduncles.In'ter-fō'li-āte, v. t. p. 706To interweave. Evelyn.In'ter-frēt'ted, a. p. 706(Her.) Interlaced; fretted; — said of charges or bearings. See FRETTED.Ĭn’ter-fŭl’gent, a. p. 706Shining between. Bailey.In’ter-fūsed’, a. p. 706Poured or spread between. The ambient air, wide interfused, Embracing round this florid earth. Milton.In'ter-fū'sion, n. p. 706A pouring or spreading out between. Coleridge.In'ter-gān'gli-ōn'ic, a. p. 706(Anat.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords. Dunglison.In’ter-hē’mal, a. p. 706Between the hemal processes or spines; as, the interhemal bones of fishes, which pass up from the intervals between the hemal spines.In'ter-im, n. p. 706The mean time; time intervening. Shak. 2. (Hist.) A celebrated decree of the emperor Charles V., by which he intended to reduce to harmony the conflicting opinions of the Protestants and Roman…In-tē'ri-or, a. p. 706Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; internal; inner; — opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior ornaments; the interior surface of a…In-tē'ri-or, n. p. 706The internal part of a thing; the inside. 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. 3. (Government.) That department of the government of any country which is specially charged with the…In-tē'ri-ōr'i-ty, n. p. 706State of being interior, or within.In-tē'ri-or-ly, adv. p. 706Internally; inwardly. Done.In'ter-jā'cençe or In'ter-jā'cen-çy, n. p. 706That which is interjacent; hence, a space or region which lies between some other known or specified places; intermediateness. Hale.Ĭn’ter-jā’cent, a. p. 706Lying or being between; intervening; as, interjacent isles.Ĭn’ter-jăn’gle, v. i. p. 706To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. Daniel.In'ter-jĕct', v. t. p. 706To throw in between; to insert.In'ter-jēet', v. i. p. 706To throw one's self between or among; to come or get between.In'ter-jec'tion, n. p. 706The act of throwing between. “The interjection of laughing.” Bacon. 2. A word, in speaking or writing, thrown in between words connected in construction, to express some emotion or passion; as…In′ter-jĕc′tion-al, a. p. 706Thrown in between other words or phrases; as, an interjectional remark. 2. Having the nature of an interjection; formed by, or originating in, natural and spontaneous exclamations; as, some suppose…In`ter-jec'tion-a-ry, a. p. 706Interjectional.In’ter-join’, v. t. p. 706To join mutually; to intermarry. [Rare.] Shak.In’ter-joist’, n. p. 706(Carp.) The space or interval between two joists.In'ter-jūnc'tion, n. p. 706A mutual joining.In'ter-knit', v. t. p. 706To knit together; to unite closely.In'ter-knōwl'edge, n. p. 706Mutual knowledge. [Obs.] Bacon.In'ter-lāce', v. t. p. 706To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intermix. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches…Ĭn/ter-lāge'ment, n. p. 706Intermixture, or insertion within.Ĭn′ter lăm′i-nā′ted, a. p. 706Placed between laminæ or plates; inclosed by laminæ.Ĭn′ter-lām′i-nā′tion, n. p. 706The state of being interlaminated.In'ter-lăpse', n. p. 706The lapse or flow of time between two events. [Rare.] Harvey.Ĭn/ter-lärd’, v. t. p. 706To mix in, as fat with lean; to diversify by mixture; hence, to interpose; to insert between. Carew.Ĭn/ter-lāy', v. t. p. 706To lay or place among or between. Daniel.Ĭn’ter-lēaf’,, n. p. 706A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted.Ĭn’ter-lēave’, v. t. p. 706To insert a leaf into; to insert, as a blank leaf, or blank leaves, in a book, between other leaves.In'ter-lī'bel, v. t. p. 706Mutually to libel or charge.In’ter-līne’, v. t. p. 706To write in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English. 2. To write between lines already written or printed, for the purpose of adding to or correcting what is written.Ĭn′ter-līn′e-al or Ĭn′ter-līn′e-ar, a. p. 706Written between lines before written or printed; inserted between other lines; as, an interlinear translation, that is, a work in which the translation is inserted between the lines of text.Ĭn’ter-līn’e-ar-ly, adv. p. 706In an interlinear manner; by way of interlineation.Ĭn’ter-līn’e-a-ry, a. p. 706Written or printed between lines; interlinear.Ĭn’ter-lĭn’e-a-ry, n. p. 706A book having insertions between the lines. [Rare.] Milton.In'ter-līn'e-ā'tion, n. p. 706The act of interlining. 2. That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines before written or printed.