Webster's Dictionary 1828

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INTERVENE

INTERVE'NE, verb intransitive [Latin intervenio; inter and venio, to come.]1. To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between. Thus the Atlantic intervenes betwe...

2837

INTERVENIENT

INTERVE'NIENT, adjective Coming or being between; intercedent; interposed. [Little used.]

2838

INTERVENING

INTERVE'NING, participle present tense or adjective Coming or being between persons or things, or between points of time; as intervening space or time; intervening events or mis...

2839

INTERVENTION

INTERVEN'TION, noun [Latin interventio.]1. A state of coming or being between; interposition. Light is not interrupted by the intervention of a transparent body.2. Agency of per...

2840

INTERVENUE

INTERVEN'UE, noun Interposition. [Not used.]

2841

INTERVERT

INTERVERT', verb transitive [Latin interverto; inter and verto, to turn.]To turn to another course or to another use. [Little used.]

2842

INTERVIEW

IN'TERVIEW, noun [inter and view.] A mutual sight or view; a meeting; usually a formal meeting for some conference on an important subject; hence the word implies a conference o...

2843

INTERVOLVE

INTERVOLVE, verb transitive intervolv'. [Latin intervolvo; inter and volvo, to roll.] To involve one within another.

2844

INTERVOLVED

INTERVOLV'ED, participle passive Involved one within another; wrapped together.

2845

INTERVOLVING

INTERVOLV'ING, participle present tense Involving one within another.

2846

INTERWEAVE

INTERWE'AVE, verb transitivepreterit tense interwove; participle passive interwoven. [inter and weave.]1. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; as ...

2847

INTERWEAVING

INTERWE'AVING, participle present tense Weaving together.INTERWE'AVING, noun Intertexture.

2848

INTERWISH

INTERWISH', verb transitive [inter and wish.] To wish mutually to each other. [Little used.

2849

INTERWORKING

INTERWORK'ING, noun The act of working together.

2850

INTERWREATHED

INTERWRE'ATHED, adjective Woven into a wreath.

2851

INTESTABLE

INTEST'ABLE, adjective [Latin intestabilis; in and testabilis; testis, a witness; testor, to testify.]Not capable of making a will; legally unqualified or disqualified to make a...

2852

INTESTACY

INTEST'ACY, noun [from intestate.] The state of dying without making a will or disposing of one's effects.

2853

INTESTATE

INTEST'ATE, adjective [Latin intestatus; in and testatus, testor, to make a will.]1. Dying without having made a will. When a man dies intestate his estate is committed for sett...

2854

INTESTINAL

INTEST'INAL, adjective [from intestine.] Pertaining to the intestines of an animal body; as the intestinal tube or canal.

2855

INTESTINE

INTEST'INE, adjective [Latin intestinus, from intus, within.]1. Internal; inward; opposed to external; applied to the human or other animal body; as an intestine disease.2. Inte...

2856

INTHIRST

INTHIRST, verb transitive inthurst'. [in and thirst.] To make thirsty. [Not used.]

2857

INTHRALL

INTHRALL', verb transitive [in and thrall.] To enslave; to reduce to bondage or servitude; to shackle. The Greeks have been inthralled by the Turks.She soothes, but never can in...

2858

INTHRALLED

INTHRALL'ED, participle passive Enslaved; reduced to servitude.

2859

INTHRALLING

INTHRALL'ING, participle present tense Enslaving.

2860

INTHRALLMENT

INTHRALL'MENT, noun Servitude; slavery; bondage.

2861

INTHRONE

INTHRO'NE, verb transitive [in and throne.] To seat on a throne; to raise to royalty or supreme dominion. [See Enthrone, which is the more common orthography.]

2862

INTHRONIZATION

INTHRONIZA'TION, noun The act of enthroning. [Not in use.]