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Interlocation (?), n. A placing or coming between; interposition.
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Interlock (?), v. i. To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
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Interlock, v. t. 1. To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
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My lady with her fingers interlocked. Tennyson.
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2. To connect together so that the parts work together as a coordinated unit; to connect as a single system.
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interlocking, a. Connected together in such a manner that the parts work together as a single unit, or in a coordianted manner.
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Interlocution (?), n. [L. interlocutio, from interloqui, interlocutus, to speak between; inter between + loqui to speak: cf. F. interlocution. See .]
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1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
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2. (Law) An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.
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3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
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Interlocutor (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. interlocuteur.]
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1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor.
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2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
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Interlocutory (?), a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]
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1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.
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Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures. Fiddes.
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2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action; as, an interlocutory judgement.
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☞ An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
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Interlocutory, n. [Cf. F. interlocutoire.] Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
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Interlocutrice (?), n. [F.] A female interlocutor.
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Interlope (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interloped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interloping.] [See .] To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
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Interloper (?; 277), n. [Pref. inter- + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See , and cf. .] One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.
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The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions. I. Taylor.
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Interlucate (?), v. t. [L. interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter between + lux, lucis, light.] To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. [Obs.]
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Interlucation (?), n. [L. interlucatio.] Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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Interlucent (?), a. [L. interlucens, p. pr. See , and .] Shining between.
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Interlude (?), n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to play: cf. F. interlude. See .]
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1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
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Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes
When monarch reason sleeps. Dryden.
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2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.
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3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
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4. Hence: Any intervening period of time, space, etc.; a pause between phases of an activity.
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Interluded (?), a. Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.
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Interluder (?), n. An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.
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Interluency (?), n. [L. interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow between; inter + luere.] A flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

{ Interlunar (?), Interlunary (?), } a. [Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.] Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
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Intermandibular (?), a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.
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Intermarriage (?), n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations.
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Intermarry (?), v. i. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc.
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About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift.
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Intermaxilla (?), n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (�). (Anat.) See .
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Intermaxillary (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla.
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Intermean (?), n. Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Intermeation (?), n. [L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare to go.] A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Intermeddle (?), v. i. [OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See , and .] To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.
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The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.

Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See .
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Intermeddle (?), v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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Many other adventures are intermeddled. Spenser.
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Intermeddler (?), n. One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
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Intermeddlesome (?), a. Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- Intermeddlesomeness, n.
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Intermeddling (?), n. The act of improperly interfering. Burke.
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Intermede (?), n. [F. intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius, adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio. Cf. .] A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.
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Intermediacy (?), n. [From .] Interposition; intervention. Derham.
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Intermediæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] (Zoöl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.
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Intermedial (?), a. [Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.] Lying between; intervening; intermediate. “Intermedial colors.” Evelyn.
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Intermedian (?), a. Intermediate. [Obs.]
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Intermediary (?), a. [Cf. F. intermédiaire.] Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.
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Coloq. Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
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Intermediary, n.; pl. Intermediaries (�). One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator.
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Intermediate (?), a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.] 1. Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors.
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2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education.
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Coloq. Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. -- Coloq. Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means. -- Coloq. Intermediate tie . (Arch.) Same as .
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Intermediate (?), v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
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Intermediate (?), n. 1. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator.
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2. Something that is intermediate.
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3. Specifically: (Chem.) A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; -- contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses. The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms.
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Intermediately (?), adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.
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intermediate school (?), n. A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc.
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Intermediation (?), n. The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition. Burke.
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Intermediator (?), n. A mediator.
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Intermedious (?), a. [L. intermedius.] Intermediate. [R.] Cudworth.
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Intermedium (?), n.; pl. Intermediums (#), L. Intermedia (#). [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]
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1. Intermediate space. [R.]
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2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper.
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3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.
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Intermell (?), v. i. & t. [See .] To intermeddle; to intermix. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
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Intermembral (?), a. (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.
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Intermembranous (?), a. (Anat.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.
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Interment (?), n. [OE. enterment, F. enterrement. See , v. t.] The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation. T. Warton.
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Intermention (?), v. t. To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally. [Obs.]
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Intermesenteric (?), a. (Anat.) Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus.
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Intermetacarpal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the metacarpal bones.
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Intermetatarsal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the metatarsal bones.
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Intermezzo (?), n. [It. See .] (Mus.) An interlude; an intermede. See .
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Intermicate (?), v. i. [L. intermicare; inter- between + micare to glitter.] To flash or shine between or among. [R.] Blount.
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Intermication (?), n. A shining between or among. [R.] Smart.
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Intermigration (?), n. Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
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Interminable (?), a. [L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See .] Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon.
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That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited.
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Interminableness, n. The state of being endless.
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Interminably, adv. Without end or limit.
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Interminate, a. [L. interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of terminate.] Endless; as, interminate sleep. Chapman.
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Interminate (?), v. t. [L. interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter between + minari to threaten.] To menace; to threaten. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Interminated (?), a. Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [Obs.] Akenside.
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Intermination (?), n. [L. interminatio.] A menace or threat. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Intermine (?), v. t. To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Intermingle (?), v. t. To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker.
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Intermingle, v. i. To be mixed or incorporated.
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Party and faction will intermingle. Swift.
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Intermise (?), n. [Cf. F. entremise. See .] Interference; interposition. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Intermission (?), n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See .]
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1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B. Jonson.
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2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
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Rest or intermission none I find. Milton.
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3. Specifically: The short period between acts of a play, concert, opera, or other public performance when the audience may leave their seats for refreshment; -- it usually lasts from 10 to 20 minutes.
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4. (Med.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
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5. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.

Syn. -- Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See .
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Intermissive (?), a. Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent. “Intermissive miseries.” Shak. “Intermissive wars.” Howell.
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Intermit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.] [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See .] To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
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Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
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Intermit, v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
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Intermittence (?), n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
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Intermittent (?), a. [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.] Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever. Boyle.
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Coloq. Intermittent fever (Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See . -- Coloq. Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion. -- Coloq. Intermittent springs , springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in the reservoir.
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Intermittent, n. (Med.) An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.
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Intermittently, adv. With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
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Intermittingly (?), adv. With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu.
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Intermix (?), v. t. To mix together; to intermingle.
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In yonder spring of roses, intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.
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Intermix, v. i. To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
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Intermixedly (?), adv. In a mixed manner.
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Intermixture (?; 135), n. 1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle.
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2. Admixture; an additional ingredient.
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In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon.
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Intermobility (?), n. Capacity of things to move among each other; as, the intermobility of fluid particles.
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Intermodillion (?), n. (Arch.) The space between two modillions.
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Intermontane (?), a. [Pref. inter- + L. montanus belonging to a mountain, fr. mons, montis, mountain.] Between mountains; as, intermontane soil.
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Intermundane (?), a. Being, between worlds or orbs. [R.] “Intermundane spaces.” Locke.
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Intermundian (?), a. Intermundane. [Obs.]
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Intermural (?), a. 1. Lying between walls; inclosed by walls.
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2. Taking place between two different institutions or cities; as, an intermural soccer match between two schools.
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Intermure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intermuring.] [Pref. inter- + L. murus wall.] To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Ford.
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Intermuscular (?), a. (Anat.) Between muscles; as, intermuscular septa.
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Intermutation (?), n. Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
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Intermutual (?; 135), a. Mutual. [Obs.] Daniel. -- Intermutually, adv. [Obs.]
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Intern (?), a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See .] Internal. [Obs.] Howell.
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Intern, v. t. [F. interne. See , a.] 1. To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.
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2. To hold until the end of a war, as enemy citizens in a country at the time of outbreak of hostilities; -- an action performed by countries.
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intern (?), n. [F.] (F. pron. ăNtârn) 1. (Med.) A resident physician in a hospital, especially one who has recently received the Doctorate and is practising under supervision of experienced physicians, as a continuation of the training process; a house physician; also called houseman in Britain. [Also spelled interne.]
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2. A person working as an apprentice to gain experience in an occupation; sometimes the position is paid a salary, and other times it is not; as, a white house intern; an intern in a law firm.
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Internal (?), a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See .]
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1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
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2. Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
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3. Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
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4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
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With our Savior, internal purity is everything. Paley.
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5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]
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The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God. Rogers.
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