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Interpretation (ĭntẽrpr�tāshŭn), n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interprétation.]
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1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.
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Look how we can, or sad or merrily,
Interpretation will misquote our looks. Shak.
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2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
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3. The power or explaining. [R.] Bacon.
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4. (Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
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5. (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Syn. -- Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.
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Interpretative (?), a. [Cf. F. interprétatif.]
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1. Designed or fitted to interpret; explanatory. “Interpretative lexicography.” Johnson.
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2. According to interpretation; constructive.
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An interpretative siding with heresies. Hammond.
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Interpretatively, adv. By interpretation. Ray.
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Interpreter (?), n. [Cf. OF. entrepreteur, L. interpretator.] One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
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We think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts. Locke.
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Interpretive (?), a. Interpretative. [R.]
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Interpubic (?), a. (Anat.) Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.
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Interpunction (?), n. [L. interpunctio, fr. interpungere, interppunctum, to interpoint. See , and .] The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.
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Interradial (?), a. Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoölogy, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish.
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Interramal (?), a. [Pref. inter- + L. ramus a branch.] (Anat.) Between rami or branches; esp., between the mandibles, or rami of the lower jaw; intermandibular.
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Interreceive (?), v. t. To receive between or within.
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Interregency (?), n. An interregnum. [Obs.] Blount.
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Interregent (?), n. A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.
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Interregnum (?), n.; pl. Interregnums (#). [L., fr. inter between + regnum dominion, reign. See , and cf. .]
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1. The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.
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2. Any period during which, for any cause, the executive branch of a government is suspended or interrupted.
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Interreign (?), n. [Cf. F. interrègne.] An interregnum. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Interrelated (?), a. Having a mutual or reciprocal relation or parallelism; correlative.
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interrelatedness n. mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness; interrelation.
Syn. -- interrelation, interrelationship.
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Interrelation (?), n. Mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation.
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Interrenal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the kidneys; as, the interrenal body, an organ found in many fishes. -- n. The interrenal body.
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Interrepellent (?), a. Mutually repellent. De Quincey.
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Interrer (?), n. One who inters.
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Interrex (?), n.; pl. E. Interrexes (#), L. Interreges (#). [L., fr. inter between + rex king.] An interregent, or a regent.
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Interrogate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrogating (?).] [L. interrogatus, p. p. of interrogare to ask; inter between + rogare to ask. See Rogation.] To question formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness.
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Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate,
Talker! the unreplying Fate? Emerson.

Syn. -- To question; ask. See .
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Interrogate, v. i. To ask questions. Bacon.
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Interrogate (?), n. An interrogation; a question. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Interrogatee (?), n. One who is interrogated.
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Interrogation (?), n. [L. interrogatio: cf. F. interrogation.]
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1. The act or process of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; an instance of interrogating; inquiry.
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2. A question put; an inquiry.
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3. A point, mark, or sign, thus [?], indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Usually called a question mark; called also interrogation point.
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☞ In works printed in the Spanish language this mark is not only placed at the end of an interrogative sentence, but is also placed, inverted [as thus (¿)], at the beginning.
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Interrogative (�), a. [L. interrogativus: cf. F. interrogatif.] Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
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Interrogative, n. (Gram.) A word used in asking questions; as, who? which? why?
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Interrogatively, adv. In the form of, or by means of, a question; in an interrogative manner.
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Interrogator (?), n. [L.: cf. F. interrogateur.] One who asks questions; a questioner.
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Interrogatory (?), n.; pl. Interrogatories (#). [Cf. F. interrogatoire.] A formal question or inquiry; esp. (Law), a question or series of questions asked in writing, usually as part of a lawsuit. Macaulay.
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Interrogatory (?), a. [L. interrogatorius.] Containing, expressing, or implying a question; as, an interrogatory sentence.
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Interrupt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See .]
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1. To 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; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.
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Do not interrupt me in my course. Shak.
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2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
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Interrupt, p. a. [L. interruptus, p. p.] Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.
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Interrupted, a. 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.
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2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.
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Interruptedly, adv. With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.
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Coloq. Interruptedly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate with small leaflets intermixed with large ones. Gray.
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Interrupter (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, interrupts.
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2. (Elec.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself. [Also spelled interruptor.]
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Interruption (?), n. [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.]
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1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
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2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale.
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Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden.
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3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
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4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
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Interruptive (?), a. Tending to interrupt; interrupting. “Interruptive forces.” H. Bushnell. -- Interruptively, adv.
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Interscapular (?), a. 1. (Anat.) Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.
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2. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.
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Interscapulars (?), n. pl. (Zoöl.) The interscapular feathers of a bird.
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Interscendent (?), a. [See , and .] (Math.) Having exponents which are radical quantities; -- said of certain powers; as, x√2, or x√a.
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Coloq. Interscendent series , a series whose terms are interscendent quantities. Hutton.
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Interscind (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscinded; p. pr. & vb. n. Interscinding.] [L. interscindere; inter between + scindere to cut.] To cut off. [R.]
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Interscribe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interscribing.] [L. interscribere; inter between + scribere to write.] To write between. [R.]
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Intersecant (?), a. [L. intersecans, p. pr. of intersecare. See .] Dividing into parts; crossing; intersecting.
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Intersect (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intersected; p. pr. & vb. n. Intersecting.] [L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See .] To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.
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Lands intersected by a narrow frith
Abhor each other. Cowper.
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Intersect (?), v. i. To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.
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intersectant intersecting adj. having at least one spatial point in common.
Syn. -- crossed, decussate.
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Intersection (?), n. [L. intersectio: cf. F. intersection.]
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1. The act, state, or place of intersecting.
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2. (Geom.) The point or line in which one line or surface cuts another.
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Intersectional (?), a. Pertaining to, or formed by, intersections.
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Interseminate (?), v. t. [L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See , and .] To sow between or among. [R.]
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Interseptal (?), a. (Biol.) Between septa; as, the interseptal spaces or zones, between the transparent, or septal, zones in striated muscle; the interseptal chambers of a shell, or of a seed vessel.
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Intersert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interserted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interserting.] [L. intersertus, p. p. of interserere to intersert; inter between + serere to join, weave.] To put in between other things; to insert. [Obs.] Brerewood.
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Interserttion (?), n. The act of interserting, or that which is interserted. [Obs.] Hammond.
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Intersesamoid (?), a. (Anat.) Between sesamoid bones; as, intersesamoid ligaments.
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Interset (?), v. t. To set between or among. [R.]
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Intershock (?), v. t. To shock mutually. [R.]
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Intersidereal (?), a. Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.
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Intersocial (?), a. Pertaining to the mutual intercourse or relations of persons in society; social.
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Intersomnious (?), a. [Pref. inter- + L. somnus sleep.] Between the times of sleeping; in an interval of wakefulness. [R.]
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Interspace (?), n. [L. interspatium. See , and .] Intervening space. Bp. Hacket.
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Interspeech (?), n. A speech interposed between others. [R.] Blount.
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Intersperse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interspersed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interspersing.] [L. interspersus interspersed; inter between, among + spargere to scatter. See .]
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1. To scatter or set here and there among other things; to insert at intervals; as, to intersperse pictures in a book.
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There, interspersed in lawns and op'ning glades,
Thin trees arise that shun each other's shades. Pope.
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2. To diversify or adorn with things set or scattered at intervals; to place something at intervals in or among; as, to intersperse a book with pictures.
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Which space is interspersed with small islands and rock. Cook.
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Interspersion (?), n. The act of interspersing, or the state of being interspersed.

{ Interspinal (?), Interspinous (?), } a. (Anat.) Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column.
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Interspiration (?), n. [L. interspiratio. See , and .] Spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Interstapedial (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. -- n. The interstapedial part of the columella.
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Interstate (?), a. Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. Story.

interstate (?), n. An interstate highway, part of the United States Interstate Highway system.
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interstate commerce (?), n. Commerce that involves transportation of articles of commerce across state lines. [U.S.]
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interstate commerce commission (?), n. The governmental commision charged with making and enforcing regulations concerning interstate commerce. [U. S.]
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Interstellar (?), a. Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. Bacon.
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Interstellary (?), a. Interstellar.
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Intersternal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.
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Interstice (?; 277), n.; pl. Interstices (#). [L. interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to set, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. interstice. See .]
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1. That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall.
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2. An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders.
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Nonobservance of the interstices . . . is a sin. Addis & Arnold.
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Intersticed (?), a. Provided with interstices; having interstices between; situated at intervals.
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Interstinctive (?), a. [L. interstinctus, p. p. of interstinguere to separate; inter + stinguere to extinguish.] Distinguishing. [Obs.] Wallis.
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Interstitial (?), a. Of or pertaining to interstices; intermediate; within the tissues; as, interstitial cavities or spaces in the tissues of animals or plants.
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Interstition (?), n. An intervening period of time; interval. [Obs.] Gower.
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Interstratification (?), n. (Geol.) Stratification among or between other layers or strata; also, that which is interstratified.
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Interstratified (?), a. (Geol.) Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.
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Interstratify (?), v. t. (Geol.) To put or insert between other strata.
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Intertalk (?), v. i. To converse. [Obs.] Carew.
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Intertangle (?), v. t. To entangle; to intertwine. “Moss and intertangled vines.” Longfellow.
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Intertarsal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations.
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Intertex (?), v. t. [L. intertexere; inter between + texere to weave.] To intertwine; to weave or bind together. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Intertexture (?; 135), n. The act of interweaving, or the state of being interwoven; that which is interwoven. ”Knit in nice intertexture.” Coleridge.
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Skirted thick with intertexture firm
Of thorny boughs. Cowper.
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Interthoracic (?), a. In the thorax.
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Intertie (?), n. (Arch.) In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
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Intertissued (?), a. Interwoven. [R.] Shak.
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Intertraffic (?), n. Mutual trade of traffic.
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Intertranspicuous (?), a. Transpicuous within or between. [R.] Shelley.
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Intertransverse (?), a. Between the transverse processes of the vertebræ.
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Intertrigo (?), n. [L., fr. inter between + terere, tritum, to rub.] (Med.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children.
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Intertrochanteric (?), a. (Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur.
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Intertropical (?), a. Situated between or within the tropics. J. Morse.
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Intertubular (?), a. Between tubes or tubules; as, intertubular cells; intertubular substance.
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Intertwine (?), v. t. To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace. Milton.
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Intertwine, v. i. To be twined or twisted together; to become mutually involved or enfolded.
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Intertwine (?), n. The act of intertwining, or the state of being intertwined. Coleridge.
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Intertwiningly (?), adv. By intertwining or being intertwined.
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Intertwist (?), v. t. To twist together one with another; to intertwine.
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Intertwistingly, adv. By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

{ Interungular (?), Interungulate (?), } a. (Anat.) Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.
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