INTERCOLUMNIATION
INTERCOLUMNIA'TION, noun [Latin inter and columna, a column.]In architecture, the space between two columns. By the rules of the art, this should be in proportion to the highth ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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INTERCOMMON
INTERCOM'MON, verb intransitive [inter and common.]1. To feet at the same table.2. To graze cattle in a common pasture; to use a common with others, or to possess or enjoy the r...
INTERCOMMONING
INTERCOM'MONING, participle present tense Feeding at the same table, or using a common pasture; enjoying a common field with others.
INTERCOMMUNICATE
INTERCOMMU'NICATE, verb intransitive [inter and communicate.]To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.
INTERCOMMUNICATION
INTERCOMMU'NICATION, noun Reciprocal communication.
INTERCOMMUNION
INTERCOMMU'NION, noun [inter and communion.]Mutual communion; as an intercommunion of deities.
INTERCOMMUNITY
INTERCOMMU'NITY, noun [inter and community.] A mutual communication or community; mutual freedom or exercise of religion; as the intercommunity of pagan theology.
INTERCOSTAL
INTERCOST'AL, adjective [Latin inter, between, and costa, a rib.]Placed or lying between the ribs; as an intercostal muscle, artery or vein.INTERCOST'AL, noun A part lying betwe...
INTERCOURSE
IN'TERCOURSE, noun [Latin intercursus, intercurro; inter and curro, to run.] Literally, a running or passing between. Hence,1. Communication; commerce; connection by reciprocal ...
INTERCUR
INTERCUR', verb intransitive [Latin intercurro.]To intervene; to come in and the mean time.
INTERCURRENCE
INTERCUR'RENCE, noun [Latin intercurrens, intercurro.]A passing or running between.
INTERCURRENT
INTERCUR'RENT, adjective [Latin intercurrens.]1. Running between or among.2. Occurring; intervening.
INTERCUTANEOUS
INTERCUTA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin inter and cutis, the skin.]Being within or under the skin.
INTERDEAL
IN'TERDEAL, noun [inter and deal.] Mutual dealing; traffick.
INTERDICT
INTERDICT', verb transitive [Latin interdico, interdictum; inter and dico, to speak.]1. To forbid; to prohibit. An act of congress interdicted the sailing of vessels from our po...
INTERDICTED
INTERDICT'ED, participle passive Forbid; prohibited.
INTERDICTING
INTERDICT'ING, participle present tense Forbidding; prohibiting; cutting off from the enjoyment of some privilege.
INTERDICTION
INTERDIC'TION, noun [Latin interdictio.] The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse.
INTERDICTIVE
INTERDICT'IVE, adjective Having power to prohibit.
INTERDICTORY
INTERDICT'ORY, adjective Serving to prohibit.
INTERDUCE
IN'TERDUCE, noun In carpentry, a small timber between summers.
INTEREQUINOCTIAL
INTEREQUINOC'TIAL, adjective [inter and equinox.] Coming between the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.Spring and autumn I have denominated equinoctial periods. Summer and winter I ...
INTERESS
INTERESS, for interest, is obsolete.
INTEREST
IN'TEREST, verb transitive [Latin inter and esse.]1. To concern; to affect; to excite emotion or passion, usually in favor, but sometimes against a person or thing. A narration ...
INTERESTED
IN'TERESTED, participle passive Made a sharer; as one interested in the funds.1. Affected; moved; having the passions excited; as one interested by a story.2. Having an interest...
INTERESTING
IN'TERESTING, participle present tense Giving a share or concern; as by interesting one in a voyage, or in a banking company.1. Engaging the affections; as by interesting a pers...
INTERFERE
INTERFE'RE, verb intransitive [Latin inter and fero, to bear, or ferio, to strike.]1. To interpose; to intermeddle; to enter into or take a part in the concerns of others. It is...