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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

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

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  1. In’ter-pāle’, v. t.p. 707To place pales between or among; to separate by pales. 2. To interweave or interlace.
  2. Ĭn’ter-pause, n.p. 707A pause or cessation between.
  3. Ĭn’ter-pēal’ or Ĭn’ter-pēl’, v. t.p. 707To interrupt, disturb, or break in upon. I am interpelled by many businesses. Howell. 2. Hence, to interfere with; to urge in the way of intercession.
  4. Ĭn/ter-pel-lā'tion, n.p. 707The act of interpelling; as, (a.) The act of interrupting; interruption. “Continual interpellations.” Bp. Hall. (b.) The act of interfering, interposing, or interceding; interposition; intercession.…
  5. Ĭn’ter-pĕn’e-trāte, v. t.p. 707To penetrate between other substances.
  6. Ĭn’ter-pĕn’e-trāte, v. i.p. 707To penetrate within or between substances.
  7. Ĭn’ter-pĕn’e-trā’tion, n.p. 707The act of penetrating within or between other substances.
  8. Ĭn/ter-pĕn'e-tra-tīve, a.p. 707Penetrating among or between other substances.
  9. Ĭn′ter-pĕt′al-a-ry, a.p. 707(Bot.) Having a position between the petals of a flower.
  10. Ĭnʹter-pĕtʹi-o-lar, a.p. 707(Bot.) Being between petioles.
  11. In·ter·pi·lās'ter, n.p. 707(Arch.) The interval between two pilasters. Elmes.
  12. In'ter-place', v. t.p. 708To place between. Daniel.
  13. In'ter-plān'et-a-ry, a.p. 708Between the planets; as, the interplanetary spaces. Boyle.
  14. Ĭn’ter-play, n.p. 708Mutual action or influence; interaction.
  15. In'ter·plēad', v. i.p. 708(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.]
  16. In'ter-plēad'er, n.p. 708One who interpleads. 2. (Law.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or…
  17. In'ter-pledge', v. t.p. 708To give and take as a mutual pledge. Davenant.
  18. In'ter-point', v. t.p. 708To point; to distinguish by stops or marks; to punctuate.
  19. In-tēr’po-lāte, v. t.p. 708To renew; to begin again; to carry on with intermission; as, a succession of interpolated motions. [Obs.] 2. To insert, as a spurious word or passage in a manuscript or book; to add a spurious word…
  20. In-tĕr'po-lā'ted, p. a.p. 708Inserted or added to the original; foisted in; changed. 2. (Math.) Having had the necessary interpolations made; as, an interpolated table; introduced or determined by interpolation; as, interpolated…
  21. In’ter-po-lā′tion, n.p. 708The act of foisting a word or passage into a manuscript or book. 2. A spurious word or passage inserted in the genuine writings of an author. Bentley wrote a letter . . . upon the scriptural glosses…
  22. In·tér'po-lā'tor, n.p. 708One who interpolates, or foists into a book or manuscript spurious words or passages; one who adds something to genuine writings.
  23. In’ter-pōl’ish, v. t.p. 708To polish between.
  24. Ĭn’ter-pōne’,, v. t.p. 708To set or insert between. [Rare.]
  25. Ĭn′ter-pō′nent, n.p. 708One who, or that which, interposes; an interposer.
  26. Ĭn'ter-pōs'al, n.p. 708The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons. 2. Intervention; a coming or being between.
  27. Ĭn'ter-pōse', v. t.p. 708To place between; as, to interpose a body between the sun and the earth. 2. To thrust in; to intrude, as an obstruction, interruption, or inconvenience. What watchful cares do interpose themselves…
  28. Ĭn'ter-pōse', v. i.p. 708To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as, the prince interposed and made peace. 2. To put in by way of interruption. But, interposes Eleutherius, this objection may be made against…
  29. Ĭn'ter-pōse, n.p. 708Interposal. [Obs.] Spenser.
  30. Ĭn'ter-pōs'er, n.p. 708One who interposes; a mediator or agent between parties. Shak.
  31. Ĭn'ter-pŏs'it, n.p. 708A place of deposit between one commercial city or country and another.
  32. Ĭn'ter-po-sĭ'tion, n.p. 708A being, placing, or coming between; intervention; as, the interposition of the Baltic Sea between Germany and Sweden. 2. Intervenient agency; as, the interposition of the magistrate in quieting…
  33. Ĭn'ter-pōs'ūre, n.p. 708Interposal. [Obs.] Mountague.
  34. In-tẽr'pret, v. t.p. 708To explain the meaning of; to expound; to translate into intelligible or familiar terms; to decipher; to define;—applied to language, and the like; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an…
  35. In-tĕr'pret-a-ble, a.p. 708Admitting of interpretation; capable of being interpreted or explained.
  36. In-tēr'pre-ta-ment, n.p. 708The same as INTERPRETATION. [Obs.] Milton.
  37. In-tĕr'pre-tā'tion, n.p. 708The act of interpreting; explanation of what is unintelligible, not understood, or not obvious; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a difficult passage in an author, or of a…
  38. In-tĕr′pre-tā′tive, a.p. 708Designed or fitted to explain. “Interpretative lexicography.” Johnson. 2. Collected or known by interpretation. An interpretative siding with heretics. Hammond.
  39. In-tĕr′pre-tā′tĭve-ly, adv.p. 708In an interpretative manner. Ray.
  40. In-tĕr'pret-er, n.p. 708One who explains or expounds; an expositor; a translator.
  41. In'ter-pūn'cĭōn, n.p. 708The making of points between sentences or parts of a sentence; punctuation.
  42. In'ter-rā'di-al, a.p. 708Between the radii, or rays.
  43. Ĭn’ter-re-cēive′, v. t.p. 708To receive between or within. Carlisle.
  44. In'ter-rēg'en-cy, n.p. 708An interregnum. [Obs.] Blount.
  45. In'ter-rēg'num, n.p. 708The time in which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a king and the accession of his successor. 2. Any period during which the executive branch of a government is suspended or…
  46. Ĭn’ter-reign, n.p. 708An interregnum. Bacon.
  47. In-tĕr'rer, n.p. 708One who inters.
  48. In'ter-rēx, n.p. 708A regent; a magistrate that governs during an interregnum.
  49. In-tĕr'ro-gāte, v. t.p. 708To question formally: to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Syn.—To question; inquire; ask. See QUESTION.
  50. In-tĕr'ro-gāte, v. i.p. 708To ask questions; to inquire; to ask. Bacon.
  51. In-tĕr'ro-gate, n.p. 708A question; an interrogatory. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  52. In-tĕr'ro-ga-tee', n.p. 708One who is interrogated or questioned. [Rare.]
  53. In-tĕr'ro-gā'tion, n.p. 708The act of questioning; examination by questions. 2. A question put; an inquiry. 3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence immediately preceding it is a question;—used also to…
  54. Ĭn′ter-rŏg′a-tīve, a.p. 708Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative phrase or sentence.
  55. Ĭn’ter-rŏg’a-tĭve, n.p. 708(Gram.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? what? which? why?
  56. Ĭn’ter-rōg’a-tĭve-ly, adv.p. 708In the form of a question.
  57. In·ter'ro-gā'tor, n.p. 708One who asks questions; a questioner.
  58. In'ter-rōg'a-to-ry, n.p. 708A question or inquiry. ☞ This term, in law, is most usually applied to a question in writing.
  59. In'ter-rōg'a-to-ry, a.p. 708Containing a question; expressing a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.
  60. Ĭn’ter-rŭpt’, v. t.p. 708To 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…