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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĭn′ter-rŭp′tion, n. p. 708The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. A breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition; as, an isle separated from the continent by…Ĭn’ter-rŭpt’ive, a. p. 708Tending to interrupt; interrupting. “Interruptive forces.” Bushnell.In’ter-rŭpt’ive-ly, adv. p. 708By interruption; so as to interrupt.In’ter-scap’ū-lar, a. p. 709(Anat.) Situated between the shoulder-blades.Ĭn’ter-scend’ent, a. p. 709(Math.) Having exponents which are radical quantities;—said of certain powers; as, x √2, or x √a.Interscendent series p. 709a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.Ĭn’ter-scĭnd’, v. t. p. 709To cut off.In'ter-scribe', v. t. p. 709To write between.In'ter-sê'cant, a. p. 709Dividing into parts; crossing.In'ter-sēct', v. t. p. 709To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, the ecliptic intersects the equator.In'ter-sêct', v. i. p. 709To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.In'ter-sĕc'tion, n. p. 709The act or state of intersecting. 2. (Geom.) The point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other.In'ter-sĕc'tion-al, a. p. 709Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.Ĭn’ter-sĕm’i-nāte, v. t. p. 709To sow between or among. [Obs.]In'ter-sĕrt', v. t. p. 709To set or put in between other things. [Obs.] Brerewood.Ĭn'ter-sẽr'tion, n. p. 709The act of interserting, or that which is interserted; an insertion. [Obs.] Hammond.Ĭn'ter-sĕt', v. t. p. 709To set or place between or among.Ĭn'ter-shŏck', v. t. p. 709To give a mutual shock to. Daniel.Ĭn’ter-sō’cial, a. p. 709Pertaining to intercourse or association; belonging to the mutual relations of persons in society; social.Ĭn’ter-sŏm’nĭ-oŭs, a. p. 709Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness. [Rare.]In'ter-sour', v. t. p. 709To mix something sour with. [Rare.] Daniel.Ĭn’tĕr-spāçe, n. p. 709A space between other things; intervening space. Hacket.In'ter-speech, n. p. 709A speech interposed between others. Blount.In'ter-spērse', v. t. p. 709To scatter or set here and there; as, to intersperse shrubs among trees.Ĭn′ter-spĕr′sion, n. p. 709The act of interspersing, scattering, or setting here and there.In'ter-spî'nal or In'ter-spî'noûs, a. p. 709(Anat.) Lying between the processes of the spine.ĭn’ter-spi-rā’tion, n. p. 709Inspiration at separate times, or at intervals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In'ter-stāte, a. p. 709Pertaining to the mutual relations of, or existing between, different states. Story.Ĭn’ter-stĕl’lar or Ĭn’ter-stĕl’la-ry, a. p. 709Situated beyond the solar system, or among the stars. Bacon.In'ter-stiçe or In-têr'stiçe, n. p. 709That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, an empty space between things closely set, or the parts which compose a body; a hole; an interval. 2. An interval of time between one…Ĭn’ter-stĭnc’tive, a. p. 709Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.In'ter-stî'tial, a. p. 709Pertaining to, or containing, interstices.In'ter-stĭ'tion, n. p. 709An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.In'ter-străt'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 709(Geol.) The state of being stratified among or between other layers or strata. Dana.In’ter-străt’ĭ-fied, a. p. 709(Geol.) Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks or deposits.In'ter-talk', v. i. p. 709To exchange conversation. [Obs.] Carew.In'ter-tăn'gle, v. t. p. 709To intertwist; to entangle. Beau. & Fl.In'ter-tēx', v. t. p. 709To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] Lilies and roses, flowers of either sex, The bright bride's path, embellished more than thine, With light of love this pair doth intertex. B. Jonson.Ĭn’ter-tĕxt’ūre, n. p. 709The act of interweaving, or the state of things interwoven. “Knit in nice intertexture.” Coleridge.In'ter-tīe, n. p. 709(Carp.) A short timber framed between two upright posts, in order to tie them together;—called also interduce.In'ter-tīs'sīed, a. p. 709Wrought with joint tissue. Everest.}In'ter-trāf'fic, n. p. 709Traffic between two or more; mutual trade. Bacon.Ĭn’ter-trăn-spĭe’ī-oŭs, a. p. 709Transpicuous within or between. [Rare.]In'ter-trī'go, n. p. 709(Med.) A rubbing, chafing, or irritation of the skin; especially, an erosion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children. Dunglison.In'ter-trōp'ĭ-eal, a. p. 709Situated between the tropics. J. Morse.Ĭn′ter-tū′bu-lar, a. p. 709Between tubes; as, the intertubular cells.Ĭn'ter-twīne', v. t. p. 709To unite by twining or twisting one with another. Milton.Ĭn'ter-twīne', v. i. p. 709To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.Ĭn'ter-twīne, n. p. 709The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined.Ĭn/ter-twīn'ing-ly, adv. p. 709By intertwining, or be-Ĭn’ter-twĭst’, v. t. p. 709To twist one with another.Ĭn’ter-twist’ing-ly, adv. p. 709By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.Ĭn’ter-val, n. p. 709A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or walls, or between two mountains or hills. 2. Space of time between any two points or…In'ter-väl'lum, n. p. 709An interruption. [Obs.] “He shall laugh without intervallums.” Shak.Ĭn’ter-vā’ry, v. i. p. 709To alter or vary between; to change. Rush.Ĭn’ter-veined’, a. p. 709Intersected, as with veins. Fair champaign with less rivers interveined. Milton.Ĭn’ter-vēne’, v. i. p. 709To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between;—followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. 2. To occur, fall, or come between points of time or…Ĭn’ter-vēne’,, v. t. p. 709To come between; to separate; to divide. “Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, &c., intervening the different estates.” De Quincey.In'ter-vēne', n. p. 709A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Wotton.Ĭn’ter-vēn’ēr, n. p. 709One who intervenes.