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2. (Finance, Commerce) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
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3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
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Divisions hinder the common interest and public good. Sir W. Temple.
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When interest calls of all her sneaking train. Pope.
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4. (Finance) A fee paid for the use of money; a fee paid for a loan; -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
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They have told their money, and let out
Their coin upon large interest. Shak.
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5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
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You shall have your desires with interest. Shak.
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6. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
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Coloq. Compound interest , interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due. -- Coloq. Simple interest , interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest.
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Interested (ĭntẽrĕstĕd), a. [See , v. t.]
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1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.
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2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness; an interested party.
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Interestedness, n. The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson.
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Interesting, a. Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news. Cowper.
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Interestingly, adv. In an interesting manner.
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Interestingness, n. The condition or quality of being interesting. A. Smith.
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interface n. 1. a surface forming a common boundary between two things, especially between two fluids. [wns=1]
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2. (Computers) hardware that links one device with another (especially a computer). [wns=2]
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3. (Computers) That part of a computer program which controls the way a program interacts with a user; the manner of inputting and outputting of data, and the way information is presented on a computer monitor; also called user interface; as, a graphical user interface; a character-based interface.
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Interfacial (?), a. (Geom.) 1. Included between two plane surfaces or faces; as, an interfacial angle.
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2. Of or pertaining to an interface.
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interfaith adj. involving persons of different religious faiths; as, an interfaith marriage; interfaith good will.
Syn. -- interdenominational.
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Interfascicular (?), a. (Anat.) Between fascicles or bundles; as, the interfascicular spaces of connective tissue.
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Interferant (?), n. (Law) One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office. [U.S.]
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Interfere (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interfered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interfering.] [OF. entreferir to strike each other; entre between (L. inter) + OF. ferir to strike, F. férir, fr. L. ferire. See .]
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1. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; -- usually used with with; as, interfering claims, or commands; workers in a crowded shop may interfere with each other's activity.
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2. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose; -- used with in or with; as, to interfere with the way I raise my children.
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To interfere with party disputes. Swift.
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There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions. Bp. Warburton.
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3. To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
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4. (Physics) To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; -- said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See , 2.
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5. (Patent Law) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention; as, to interfere with another patent.
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Syn. -- To interpose; intermeddle. See .
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Interference (?), n. [See .]
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1. The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.
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2. (Physics) The mutual influence, under certain conditions, as from streams of light, or pulsations of sound, or, generally, two waves or vibrations of any kind, producing certain characteristic phenomena, as colored fringes, dark bands, or darkness, in the case of light, silence or increased intensity in sounds; neutralization or superposition of waves generally.
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☞ The term is most commonly applied to light, and the undulatory theory of light affords the proper explanation of the phenomena which are considered to be produced by the superposition of waves, and are thus substantially identical in their origin with the phenomena of heat, sound, waves of water, and the like.
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3. (Patent Law) The act or state of interfering, or of claiming a right to the same invention.
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Coloq. Interference figures (Optics), the figures observed when certain sections of crystallized bodies are viewed in converging polarized light; thus, a section of a uniaxial crystal, cut normal to the vertical axis, shows a series of concentric colored rings with a single black cross; -- so called because produced by the interference of luminous waves. -- Coloq. Interference fringe . (Optics) See .
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Interferer (?), n. One who interferes.
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Interferingly, adv. By or with interference.
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Interferometer (?), n. [See and -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring small movements, distances, or displacements by means of the interference of two beams of light; -- formerly also called also refractometer, but that word now has a different meaning.
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Interflow (?), v. i. To flow in. [R.] Holland.

{ Interfluent (?), Interfluous (?), } a. [L. interfluens, p. pr., and interfluus. See , and .] Flowing between or among; intervening. Boyle.
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Interfolded (?), p. a. Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together. Longfellow.
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Interfoliaceous (?), a. [Pref. inter- + foliaceous: cf. F. interfoliacé.] (Bot.) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment.
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Interfoliate (?), v. t. [Pref. inter- + L. folium leaf.] To interleave. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Interfollicular (?), a. (Anat.) Between follicles; as, the interfollicular septa in a lymphatic gland.
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Interfretted (?), a. (Her.) Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See .
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Interfulgent (?), a. [L. interfulgens, p. pr. See , and .] Shining between.
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Interfuse (�), v. t. [L. interfusus, p. p. of interfundere to pour between; inter between + fundere to pour. See to melt.]
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1. To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.
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The ambient air, wide interfused,
Embracing round this florid earth. Milton.
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2. To spread through; to permeate; to pervade. [R.]
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Keats, in whom the moral seems to have so perfectly interfused the physical man, that you might almost say he could feel sorrow with his hands. Lowell.
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3. To mix up together; to associate. H. Spencer.
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Interfusion (?), n. [L. interfusio.] The act of interfusing, or the state of being interfused. Coleridge.
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Interganglionic (?), a. (Anat.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords.
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Interglobular (?), a. (Anat.) Between globules; -- applied esp. to certain small spaces, surrounded by minute globules, in dentine.
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Intergrave (?), v. t. [imp. Intergraved (?); p. p. Intergraved or Intergraven (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Intergraving.] To grave or carve between; to engrave in the alternate sections.
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The work itself of the bases, was intergraven. 3 Kings vii. 28 (Douay version. )

{ Interhemal, Interhæmal } (?), a. (Anat.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines. -- n. An interhemal spine or cartilage.
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Interhyal (?), a. [Inter- + the Greek letter �.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a segment sometimes present at the proximal end of the hyoidean arch. -- n. An interhyal ligament or cartilage.
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Interim (?), n. [L., fr. inter between + im, an old accusative of is he, this, that.]
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1. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
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All the interim is
Like a phantasms, or a hideous dream. Shak.
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2. (Hist.) A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.
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Interior (?), a. [L., compar. fr. inter between: cf. F. intérieur. See , and cf. .]
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1. Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a house; the interior surface of a hollow ball.
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2. Remote from the limits, frontier, or shore; inland; as, the interior parts of a region or country.
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Coloq. Interior angle (Geom.), an angle formed between two sides, within any rectilinear figure, as a polygon, or between two parallel lines by these lines and another intersecting them; -- called also internal angle. -- Coloq. Interior planets (Astron.), those planets within the orbit of the earth. -- Coloq. Interior screw , a screw cut on an interior surface, as in a nut; a female screw.

Syn. -- Internal; inside; inner; inland; inward.
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Interior, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.
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2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
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Coloq. Department of the Interior , that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Coloq. Secretary of the Interior , the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.
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interiorise v. t. (psychology) to incorporate within oneself; same as . [Chiefly Brit.]
Syn. -- internalize, internalise, interiorize.
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Interiority (?), n. State of being interior.
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interiorize v. t. (Psychology) to incorporate within oneself.
Syn. -- internalize, internalise, interiorise.
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Interiorly (?), adv. Internally; inwardly.

{ Interjacence (?), Interjacency (?), } n. [See .] The state of being between; a coming or lying between or among; intervention; also, that which lies between.
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England and Scotland is divided only by the interjacency of the Tweed. Sir M. Hale.
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Interjacent (?), a. [L. interjacens, -entis, p. pr. of interjacere to lie between; inter between + jacēre to lie.] Lying or being between or among; intervening; as, interjacent isles. Sir W. Raleigh.
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Interjaculate (?), v. t. To ejaculate parenthetically. [R.] Thackeray.
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Interjangle (?), v. i. To make a dissonant, discordant noise one with another; to talk or chatter noisily. [R.] Daniel.
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Interject (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjected; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjecting.] [L. interjectus, p. p. of interjicere to interject; inter between + jacĕre to throw. See a shooting forth.] To throw in between; to insert; to interpose. Sir H. Wotton.
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Interject, v. i. To throw one's self between or among; to come between; to interpose. Sir G. Buck.
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Interjection (?), n. [L. interjectio: cf. F. interjection. See .]
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1. The act of interjecting or throwing between; also, that which is interjected.
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The interjection of laughing. Bacon.
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2. (Gram.) A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare .
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An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it among the parts of speech. Earle.
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How now! interjections? Why, then, some be of laughing, as, ah, ha, he! Shak.
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Interjectional (?), a. 1. Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.
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2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an interjection; consisting of natural and spontaneous exclamations.
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Certain of the natural accompaniments of interjectional speech, such as gestures, grimaces, and gesticulations, are restrained by civilization. Earle.
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Interjectionalize (?), v. t. To convert into, or to use as, an interjection. Earle.
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Interjectionally, adv. In an interjectional manner. G. Eliot.
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Interjectionary (?), a. Interjectional.
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Interjoin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Interjoining.] [Pref. inter + join.] To join mutually; to unite. [R.] Shak.
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Interjoist (?), n. (Carp.) 1. The space or interval between two joists. Gwilt.
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2. A middle joist or crossbeam. De Colange.
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Interjunction (?), n. [L. interjunctus, p. p. of interjungere to join together. See , and , and cf. .] A mutual joining. [R.]
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Interknit (?), v. t. To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.
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Interknow (?), v. t. To know mutually. [Obs.]
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Interknowledge (?), n. Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Interlace (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Interlaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing (?).] [OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See , and .] To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave.
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Severed into stripes
That interlaced each other. Cowper.
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The epic way is everywhere interlaced with dialogue. Dryden.
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Coloq. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.
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Interlacement (?), n. [Cf. F. entrelacement.] The act of interlacing, or the state of being interlaced; also, that which is interlaced.

{ Interlamellar (?), Interlaminar (?) }, a. (Anat.) Between lammellæ or laminæ; as, interlamellar spaces.
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Interlaminated (?), a. Placed between, or containing, laminæ or plates.
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Interlamination (?), n. The state of being interlaminated.
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Interlapse (?), n. [Pref. inter- + lapse: cf. L. interlabi, interlapsus, to fall, slide, or flow, between.] The lapse or interval of time between two events. [R.] Harvey.
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Interlard (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlarding.] [F. entrelarder. See , and .]
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1. To place lard or bacon amongst; to mix, as fat meat with lean. [Obs.]
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Whose grain doth rise in flakes, with fatness interlarded. Drayton.
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2. Hence: To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce that which is foreign or irrelevant; as, to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions.
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The English laws . . . [were] mingled and interlarded with many particular laws of their own. Sir M. Hale.
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They interlard their native drinks with choice
Of strongest brandy. J. Philips.
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Interlay (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlaid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlaying.] To lay or place among or between. Daniel.
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Interleaf (?), n.; pl. Interleaves (#). [See .] A leaf inserted between other leaves; a blank leaf inserted, as in a book.
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Interleave (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interleaved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interleaving.] [Pref. inter- + leaf.] 1. To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.
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2. Hence: To insert something alternately between the parts of; as, to interleave transparencies with the corresponding pages.
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Interlibel (?), v. t. To libel mutually.
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Interline (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interlining.] [Pref. inter- + line: cf. LL. interlineare, F. interlinéer, OF. entreligner.]
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1. To write or insert between lines already written or printed, as for correction or addition; to write or print something between the lines of; as, to interline a page or a book. Swift.
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2. To arrange in alternate lines; as, to interline Latin and English. Locke.
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3. To mark or imprint with lines.
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A crooked wrinkle interlines my brow. Marlowe.

{ Interlineal (?), Interlinear (?), } a. [Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire.] Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- Interlinearly, adv.
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Interlineary (?), a. Interlinear. -- n. A book containing interlineations. [R.]
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Interlineation (?), n. [Cf. F. interlinéation.]
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1. The act of interlining.
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2. That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.
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interlingua (?), n. A language used as an intermediate language in translating from a source language to a target language; -- used especially in machine translation by computers; as, some machine translation systems use Esperanto as an interlingua.
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Interlining (?), n. Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation. Bp. Burnet.
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Interlink (?), v. t. To link together; to join, as one chain to another. Dryden.
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Interlink (?), n. An intermediate or connecting link.
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Interlobar (?), a. (Anat.) Between lobes; as, the interlobar notch of the liver; the interlobar ducts of a gland.
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Interlobular (?), a. [Pref. inter- + lobular: cf. F. interlobulaire.] (Anat.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
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