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An American Dictionary of the English Language

Name: An American Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Noah Webster

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

Entries: 95,912
Pages: 1,538
Illustrations: 2,133

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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.
In'ter-līn'ing, n.p. 706Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Burnet.
In'ter-link', v. t.p. 706To connect by uniting links; to join, as one chain to another.
In'ter-lĭnk', n.p. 706A link between, or connecting, other links; an intermediate link, or step in a process of reasoning.
Ĭn’ter-lōb’ū-lar, a.p. 706Being between lobes. Hall.
Ĭn′ter-lo-cā′tion, n.p. 706A placing between; interposition.
Ĭn′ter-lŏck′, v. i.p. 706To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into one another.
Ĭn’ter-lŏck’, v. t.p. 706To unite by locking together; to lock one with another.
In'ter-lo-cū'tion, n.p. 706Dialogue; conference; interchange of speech. 2. (Law.) An intermediate act or degree before final decision. Ayliffe. 3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
Ĭn’ter-lŏc’ū-tor, n.p. 706One who speaks in dialogue; a dialogist. 2. (Scots Law.) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
In'ter-lōc'ū-to-ry, a.p. 706Consisting of dialogue. There are several interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes. 2. (Law.) Intermediate; not final or definitive. An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in…
In′ter-lōc′ū-to-ry, n.p. 706Interpolated digression or discussion.
Ĭn´ter-lōc´ū-trīce, n.p. 706A female interlocutor.
Ĭn’ter-lōpe’, v. i.p. 706To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to forestall; to prevent right.
In’ter-lōp’er, n.p. 706One who interlopes or runs into business to which he has no right; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously. “The untrained…
In’ter-lū’căte, v. t.p. 706To let in light upon by cutting away branches of trees. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Ĭn’ter-lu-eā’tĭon, n.p. 706The act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
In'ter-lū'cent, a.p. 706Shining between. [Rare.] . . . Bailey.
Ĭn’ter-lūde, n.p. 706An entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to amuse the spectators while the preparations for a more elaborate performance are in…
Ĭn′ter-lūd′ed, a.p. 706Inserted or made as an interlude; having or containing interludes.
Ĭnʹter-lūʹdĕr, n.p. 706One who performs in an interlude. [Rare.] B. Jonson.
Ĭnʹter-lūʹen-cy, n.p. 706A flowing between; water interposed. [Obs.] Hale.
In’ter-lū’nar or In’ter-lū’na-ry, a.p. 706Belonging to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
Ĭn′ter-mār′riāge, n.p. 706Marriage between two families, where each takes one and gives another.
Ĭn’ter-mār’ry, v. t.p. 706To become connected by a marriage between two of their members;—said of two families, ranks, castes, and the like; to marry reciprocally. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of…
Ĭn’ter-māx’ĭl-la-ry, a.p. 706(Anat.) Situated between the maxillaries, or upper jaw bones; belonging to the intermaxillary; between the cheek bones.
Ĭn′ter-māx′il-la-ry, n.p. 706(Anat.) The bone between, or forward of, the superior maxillary bones;— called also the incisive bone. R. Owen.
In'ter-mēan, n.p. 706Something done in the mean time; interact. [Obs.] Todd.
Ĭn’ter-me-ā'tion, n.p. 706A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
Ĭn’ter-mĕd’dle, v. i.p. 706To meddle in the affairs of others, in which one has no concern; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain has been, by war and by…
Ĭn’ter-mĕd’dle, v. t.p. 706To cause to become interposed or mingled; to mix. [Rare.] ............................................................ Spenser.
Ĭn′ter-mĕd′dlĕr, n.p. 706One who meddles with, or intrudes into, business which does not concern him.
Ĭn’ter·mĕd’dle-sōme, a.p. 706Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.
Ĭn′ter-mĕd′dle-sōme-ness, n.p. 707The quality of being intermeddlesome.
Intermède, n.p. 707An interlude; a short musical dramatic piece, usually of a burlesque character.
Ĭn′ter-mē′di-a-cy, n.p. 707Interposition; intervention. [Rare.] Derham.
In·ter-me'di·al, a.p. 707Lying between; intervening; intervenient; intermediate. “Inter-medial colors.” Evelyn.
In·ter·me'di·an, a.p. 707Lying between; intermediate. [Obs.] Blount.
In·ter·mē'di·a·ry, a.p. 707Lying between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Wade. 2. (Min.) Intermediate in position between the planes on an edge and those on the angle; — said of the secondary planes on crystals.
In'ter·mē'di·a·ry, n.p. 707That which lies between, or is intermediate. — They [senates] have been instruments, but never intermediaries. Landor.
In·ter·me'di·ate, a.p. 707Lying or being in the middle place or degree between two extremes; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space between hills or rivers; intermediate colors. Intermediate state…
Ĭn’ter-mē’di-āte, v. i.p. 707To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
Ĭn’ter-mē’di-ate-ly, adv.p. 707By way of intervention.
Ĭn’ter-mē’di-ā’tion, n.p. 707Intervention; common means. Burke.
Ĭn′ter-mē′di-ā′tor, n.p. 707A mediator between parties.
In′ter·me′di·ăm, n.p. 707Intermediate space. [Rare.] 2. An intervening agent or instrument.
Ĭn’ter-mĕll, v. t. or i.p. 707To intermix or intermeddle. [Obs.] Marston.
In-tĕr'ment, n.p. 707The act of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.
ĭn’ter-mĕn’tion, v. t.p. 707To mention among other things; to include. [Obs.]