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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-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.In'ter-vēn'ien-cy, n. p. 709Intervention; interposition. [Rare.] J. Howe.Ĭn’ter-vēn’ient, a. p. 709Coming or being between; intercedent, interposed. [Obs.] Bacon.In'ter-vēn'i-ūm, n. p. 709(Bot.) The space between the veins, as of leaves, occupied by parenchyma. Lindley.In'ter-vēnt', v. t. p. 709To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] Chapman.Ĭn’ter-vĕn’tion, n. p. 709The act of intervening; interposition. 2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. Let us decide our…In’ter-vĕnt’or, n. p. 709One who intervenes; a mediator; a person anciently designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers. Coleman.In'ter-vĕn'ĭe, n. p. 709Interposition. [Obs.] Blount.In'ter-vĕrt', v. t. p. 709To turn to another course, or to another use. [Obs.] Wotton.In′ter-vēr′te-bral, a. p. 709(Anat.) Placed between the vertebræ.Ĭn’ter-view, n. p. 709A mutual sight or view; a meeting; — usually a formal meeting for some conference on an important subject; hence, a conference, or mutual communication of thoughts.Ĭn'ter-vĭs'i-ble, a. p. 709(Surv.) Mutually visible, or able to be seen the one from the other;— said of stations.Ĭn'ter-vĭs'it, v. i. p. 709To exchange visits. Evelyn.Ĭn'ter-vĭs'it or Ĭn'ter-vĭs'it-ing, n. p. 709The act of visiting one another.Ĭn'ter-vī'tal, a. p. 709Between lives; pertaining to the intermediate state, or period between death and the resurrection. If Sleep and Death be truly one, And every spirit's folded bloom Through all its intervital gloom In…ĭn/ter-vo-lū'tion, n. p. 709State of being intervolved.