INTERPELLATION
INTERPELLA'TION, noun [Latin interpellatio, interpello; inter and pello, to drive or thrust.] A summons; a citation.1. Interruption.2. An earnest address; intercession.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INTERPLEAD
INTERPLE'AD, verb intransitive [inter and plead.] In law, to discuss a point incidentally happening, before the principal cause can be tried.
INTERPLEADER
INTERPLE'ADER, noun A bill of interpleader in chancery, is where a person owes a debt or rent to one of the parties in suit, but, till the determination of it, he knows not to w...
INTERPLEDGE
INTERPLEDGE, verb transitive interplej'. To give and take as a mutual pledge.
INTERPOINT
INTERPOINT', verb transitive To point; to distinguish by stops or marks.
INTERPOLATE
IN'TERPOLATE, verb transitive [Latin interpolo; inter and polio, to polish.]1. To renew; to begin again; to carry on with intermission; as a succession of interpolated motions.2...
INTERPOLATED
IN'TERPOLATED, participle passive Inserted or added to the original.
INTERPOLATING
IN'TERPOLATING, participle present tense Foisting in a spurious word or passage.
INTERPOLATION
INTERPOLA'TION, noun The act of foisting a word or passage into a manuscript or book.1. A spurious word or passage inserted in the genuine writings of an author.I have changed t...
INTERPOLATOR
IN'TERPOLATOR, noun [Latin] One who foists into a book or manuscript, spurious words or passages; one who adds something to genuine writings.
INTERPOLISH
INTERPOL'ISH, verb transitive To polish between.
INTERPONE
INTERPO'NE, verb transitive [Latin inter and pono.] To set or insert between.[Not in use.]
INTERPOSAL
INTERPO'SAL, noun s as z. [from interpose.]1. The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons.2. Intervention; a coming or being between.
INTERPOSE
INTERPO'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin interpono, interpositum; inter and pono, to place.]1. The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons....
INTERPOSED
INTERPO'SED, participle passive Placed between or among; thrust in.
INTERPOSER
INTERPO'SER, noun One that interposes or comes between others; a mediator or agent between parties.
INTERPOSING
INTERPO'SING, participle present tense Placing between; coming between; offering aid or services.
INTERPOSIT
INTERPOS'IT, noun A place of deposit between one commercial city or country and another.
INTERPOSITION
INTERPOSI'TION, noun [Latin interpositio.]1. A being, placing or coming between; intervention; as the interposition of the Baltic sea between Germany and Sweden. The interpositi...
INTERPOSURE
INTERPO'SURE, noun Interposal. [Not in use.]
INTERPRET
INTER'PRET, verb transitive [Latin interpretor, from interpres.]1. To explain the meaning or words to a person who does not understand them; to expound; to translate unintelligi...
INTERPRETABLE
INTER'PRETABLE, adjective That may be interpreted or explained.
INTERPRETATION
INTERPRETA'TION, noun [Latin interpretatio.]1. The act of interpreting; explanation of unintelligible words in language that is intelligible. interpretation is the design of tra...
INTERPRETATIVE
INTER'PRETATIVE, adjective Collected or known by interpretation.An interpretative siding with heretics.1. Containing explanation.
INTERPRETATIVELY
INTER'PRETATIVELY, adverb As may be collected by interpretation.
INTERPRETED
INTER'PRETED, participle passive Explained; expounded.
INTERPRETER
INTER'PRETER, noun One that explains or expounds; an expositor; as an interpreter of the Scriptures.1. A translator; one who renders the words of one language in words of corres...