Webster's Dictionary 1828

2728

INTERMIT

INTERMIT', verb transitive [Latin intermitto; inter and mitto, to send.]To cause to cease for a time; to interrupt; to suspend.Pray to the gods, to intermit the plagueThat needs...

2729

INTERMITTED

INTERMIT'TED, participle passive Caused to cease for a time; suspended.

2730

INTERMITTENT

INTERMIT'TENT, adjective Ceasing at intervals; as an intermittent fever.INTERMIT'TENT, noun A fever which entirely subsides or ceases at certain intervals. The ague and fever is...

2731

INTERMITTING

INTERMIT'TING, participle present tense Ceasing for a time; pausing.1. Causing to cease.

2732

INTERMITTINGLY

INTERMIT'TINGLY, adverb With intermissions; at intervals.

2733

INTERMIX

INTERMIX', verb transitive [inter and mix.] To mix together; to put some things with others; to intermingle.In yonder-spring of roses, intermix'dWith myrtle, find what to redres...

2734

INTERMIXED

INTERMIX'ED, participle passive Mingled together.

2735

INTERMIXING

INTERMIX'ING, participle present tense Intermingling.

2736

INTERMIXTURE

INTERMIX'TURE, noun A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.1. Admixture; something additional mingled in a mass.In this height of impiety there wanted not an inte...

2737

INTERMONTANE

INTERMONT'ANE, adjective [Latin inter and montanus, mons, a mountain.]Between mountains; as intermontane soil.

2738

INTERMUNDANE

INTERMUND'ANE, adjective [Latin inter and mundanus, mundus, the world.]Being between worlds or between orb and orb; as intermundane spaces.

2739

INTERMURAL

INTERMU'RAL, adjective [Latin inter and muralis, murus, a wall.]between walls.

2740

INTERMUSCULAR

INTERMUSC'ULAR, adjective [inter and muscle.] Between the muscles.

2741

INTERMUTATION

INTERMUTA'TION, noun [inter and mutation.]Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.

2742

INTERMUTUAL

INTERMU'TUAL, for mutual, is an illegitimate word.

2743

INTERN

INTERN', adjective Internal. [Not much used.]

2744

INTERNAL

INTERN'AL, adjective [Latin internus.] Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; not external. We speak of the internal parts of a body, of a bone, of the earth, etc....

2745

INTERNALLY

INTERN'ALLY, adverb Inwardly; within the body; beneath the surface.1. Mentally; intellectually.2. Spiritually.

2746

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNA'TIONAL, adjective [inter and national.] Existing and regulating the mutual intercourse between different nations; as international law.

2747

INTERNECINE

INTERNE'CINE, adjective [Latin internecinus, interneco, to kill; inter and neco.] Deadly; destructive. [Little used.]

2748

INTERNECION

INTERNE'CION, noun [Latin internecio.]Mutual slaughter or destruction. [Little used.]

2749

INTERNECTION

INTERNEC'TION, noun Connection. [Useless.]

2750

INTERNODE

IN'TERNODE, noun [Latin internodium; inter and nodus, knot.In botany, the space between two joints of a plant.

2751

INTERNUNCIO

INTERNUN'CIO, noun [Latin internuncius; inter and nuncius, a messenger.]A messenger between two parties.

2752

INTEROSSEALSEOUS

INTEROS'SEAL'SEOUS, adjective [Latin inter and os, a bone.] Situated between bones; as an interosseous ligament.

2753

INTERPEAL

INTERPE'AL, verb transitive [Latin interpello.] To interrupt. [Not used.]

2754

INTERPEL

INTERPEL', verb transitive To set forth. [Not used.]