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Interurban (ĭntẽrûrb�n), a. Going between, or connecting, cities or towns; as, interurban electric railways.
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Interval (?), n. [L. intervallum; inter between + vallum a wall: cf. F. intervalle. See .]
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1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.
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'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left,
A dreadful interval. Milton.
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2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England, and the accession of Charles II.
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3. A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.
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4. (Mus.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.
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Coloq. At intervals , coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. “And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals.” Tennyson. -- Coloq. Augmented interval (Mus.), an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.

{ Interval (?), Intervale (?), } n. A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. , n., 7. [Local, U. S.]
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The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land. The Century.
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Intervallum (?), n.; pl. Intervallums (#), L. Intervalla (#). [L.] An interval. [R.]
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And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak.
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In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
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Intervary (?), v. i. To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] Rush.
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Interveined (?), a. Intersected, as with veins.
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Intervene (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.] [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See .]
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1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
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2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
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3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
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4. In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter. Abbott.
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Intervene, v. t. To come between. [R.]
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Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. De Quincey.
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Intervene (?), n. A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Intervener (?), n. One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

{ Intervenience (?), Interveniency (?), } n. Intervention; interposition. [R.]
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Intervenient (?), a. [L. interveniens, p. pr. of intervenire.] Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Intervent (?), v. t. [See .] To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] Chapman.
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Intervention (?), n. [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
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1. The act of intervening; interposition.
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Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane. Holder.
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2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; -- the intervention of one state in the affairs of another is typically unwelcome by the state being intervened in, but some cases of mediation between states may be called intervention. Opposed to nonintervention.
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Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.
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3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.
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Interventor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. interventeur.] One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers. Coleman.
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Interventricular (?), a. (Anat.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.
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Intervenue (?), n. [See , .] Interposition. [Obs.] Sir H. Blount.
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Intervert (?), v. t. [L. intervertere; inter between + vertere to turn.] To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
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Intervertebral (?), a. (Anat.) Between vertebræ. -- Intervertebrally, adv.
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Interview (?), n. [F. entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see imperfectly, to have a glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each other. See , and .]
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1. A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.
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2. A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
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☞ A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently becoming general.
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Interview, v. t. To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. [Recent]
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interviewee n. a person who is interviewed.
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Interviewer (?), n. One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.
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It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen.
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Interviewing, n. The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.
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An article on interviewing in the “Nation” of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. The American.
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Intervisible (?), a. (Surv.) Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.
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Intervisit (?), v. i. To exchange visits. [R.] Evelyn.
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Intervital (?), a. Between two lives. [R.]
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Through all its [the spirit's] intervital gloom. Tennyson.
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Intervocalic (?), a. (Phon.) Situated between vowels; immediately preceded and followed by vowel sounds, as, p in occupy, d in idea, etc.
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intervolution (?), n. The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake. Hawthorne.
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intervolve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. intervolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L. volvere, volutum, to roll.] To involve one within another; to twist or coil together. Milton.
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interweave (?), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. interwove (?); p. p. interwoven (?); p. pr. & vb. n. interweaving.]
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1. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
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Under the hospitable covert nigh
Of trees thick interwoven. Milton.
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2. To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. Dryden.
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Words interwove with sighs found out their way. Milton.
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interwish (?), v. t. To wish mutually in regarded to each other. [Obs.] Donne.
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interworking (?), n. The act of working in together; interweaving. Milton.
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interworld (?), n. A world between other worlds. Holland.

{ interwove (?), interwoven (?), } imp. & p. p. of .
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interwreathe (?), v. t. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [R.] Lovelace.
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intestable (?), a. [L. intestabilis: cf. F. intestable. See not, and .] (Law) Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
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Intestacy (?), n. [From .] The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will. Blackstone.
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Intestate (?), a. [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See .]
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1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. Blackstone.
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Airy succeeders of intestate joys. Shak.
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2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.
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Intestate, n. (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will. Blackstone.
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Intestinal (?), a. [Cf. F. intestinal.] Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal enzymes.
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Coloq. Intestinal canal . Same as , n. -- Coloq. Intestinal worm (Zoöl.), any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The species are numerous.
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Intestine (?), a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within, fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See .]
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1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.
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Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
Intestine stone and ulcers. Milton.
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2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.
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Hoping here to end
Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued. Milton.
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An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty. Hume.
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3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.
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Everything labors under an intestine necessity. Cudworth.
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4. Shut up; inclosed. [R.] Cowper.
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Intestine, n.; pl. Intestines (#). [L. intestinum: cf. F. intestin. See , a.]
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1. (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.
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2. pl. The bowels; entrails; viscera.
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Coloq. Large intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the lower portion of the bowel, terminating at the anus. It is adapted for the retention of fecal matter, being shorter, broader, and less convoluted than the small intestine; it consists of three parts, the cæcum, colon, and rectum. -- Coloq. Small intestine (Human Anat. & Med.), the upper portion of the bowel, in which the process of digestion is practically completed. It is narrow and contorted, and consists of three parts, the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum.
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Intext (?), n. The text of a book. [R.] Herrick.
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Intextine (?), n. [Infine + extine.] (Bot.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in Œnothera.
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Intextured (?; 135), a. Inwrought; woven in.
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Inthirst (?), v. t. To make thirsty. [Obs.]
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Inthrall (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inthralled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inthralling.] [Cf. .] [Written also inthral, enthral, and enthrall.] To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.
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She soothes, but never can inthrall my mind. Prior.
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Inthrallment (?), n. [Written also inthralment, enthrallment.] Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.
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Inthrone (?), v. t. Same as .
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Inthrong (?; 115), v. i. To throng or collect together. [R.] Fairfax.
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Inthronization (?), n. [LL. inthronizatio.] Enthronement. Bp. Warburton.
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Inthronize (?), v. t. [LL. inthronisare, Gr. �. See .] To enthrone.
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Intice (?), v. t. See .
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intima n. (Anat.) the innermost coat of an organ, such as a blood vessel. It usually consists of an endothelial layer of cells, backed by connective tissue and elastic tissue.
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intimal adj. of or pertaining to the intima.
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Intimacy (?), n.; pl. Intimacies (#). [From .] The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Syn. -- Acquaintance; familiarity; fellowship; friendship. See .
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Intimate (?), a. [Formerly intime, L. intimus, a superl. corresponding to the compar. interior: cf. F. intime. The form intimate is due to confusion with intimate, v. t. See .]
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1. Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty. “I knew from intimate impulse.” Milton.
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2. Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.
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He was honored with an intimate and immediate admission. South.
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3. Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Syn. -- Familiar; near; friendly; confidential.
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Intimate, n. An intimate friend or associate; a confidant. Gov. of the Tongue.
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Intimate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intimating.] [L. intimatus, p. p. of intimare to put, bring, drive, or press into, to announce, make known, from intimus the inmost. See , a.]
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1. To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known. [Obs.]
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He, incontinent, did proclaim and intimate open war. E. Hall.
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So both conspiring 'gan to intimate
Each other's grief. Spenser.
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2. To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.
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The names of simple ideas and substances, with the abstract ideas in the mind, intimate some real existence, from which was derived their original pattern. Locke.
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Intimately (?), adv. In an intimate manner.
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Intimation (?), n. [L. intimatio: cf. F. intimation.]
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1. The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
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2. Announcement; declaration. Macaulay.
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They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished. Holland.
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3. A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
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Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet.
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Intime (?), a. [See , a.] Inward; internal; intimate. [Obs.] Sir K. Digby.
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Intimidate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intimidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intimidating (?).] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful, timid: cf. F. intimider. See .] To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
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Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. Johnson.

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten; terrify; daunt; cow.
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intimidated adj. 1. made timid or fearful as by threats.
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2. frightened into submission or compliance.
Syn. -- browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog.
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intimidating adj. discouraging; inhibiting; deterring. Opposite of encouraging.
Syn. -- daunting.
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Intimidation (?), n. [Cf. F. intimidation.] The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidation.
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The king carried his measures in Parliament by intimidation. Paley.
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Intimidatory (?), a. Tending or serving to intimidate.
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Intinction (?), n. [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.]
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1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.
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2. (Eccl.) A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
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Intinctivity (?), n. [Pref. in- not + L. tinctus, p. p. of tingere to tinge] The lack of the quality of coloring or tingeing other bodies. Kirwan.
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Intine (?), n. [L. intus within. Cf. .] (Bot.) A transparent, extensible membrane of extreme tenuity, which forms the innermost coating of grains of pollen.

Intire (?), a., Intirely, adv. See , a., , adv.
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Intitle (?), v. t. See .
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Intitule (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intituled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Intituling.] [Cf. F. intituler. See .] To entitle; to give a title to. Selden.
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Into (?), prep. [In + to.] To the inside of; within. It is used in a variety of applications.
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1. Expressing entrance, or a passing from the outside of a thing to its interior parts; -- following verbs expressing motion; as, come into the house; go into the church; one stream falls or runs into another; water enters into the fine vessels of plants.
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2. Expressing penetration beyond the outside or surface, or access to the inside, or contents; as, to look into a letter or book; to look into an apartment.
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3. Indicating insertion; as, to infuse more spirit or animation into a composition.
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4. Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.
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5. Indicating the passing of a thing from one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of truth, and are often enticed into the commission of crimes; she burst into tears; children are sometimes frightened into fits; all persons are liable to be seduced into error and folly.
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Compare .
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Intolerability (?), n. The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]
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Intolerable (?), a. [F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See not, and .]
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1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
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