Interlobular In`ter·lob"u·lar adjective [ Prefix
inter- +
lobular : confer French
interlobulaire .]
(Anat.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein.
Interlocation In`ter·lo·ca"tion noun A placing or coming between; interposition.
Interlock In`ter·lock" intransitive verb To unite, embrace, communicate with, or flow into, one another; to be connected in one system; to lock into one another; to interlace firmly.
Interlock In`ter·lock" transitive verb To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening. My lady with her fingers interlocked .
Tennyson.
Interlocution In`ter·lo·cu"tion noun [ Latin
interlocutio , from
interloqui ,
interlocutus , to speak between;
inter between +
loqui to speak: confer French
interlocution . See
Loquacious .]
1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference. 2. (Law) An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe. 3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
Interlocutor In`ter·loc"u·tor noun [ Confer French
interlocuteur .]
1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor. 2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
Interlocutory In`ter·loc"u·to·ry adjective [ Confer Late Latin
interlocutorius , French
interlocutoire .]
1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational. Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
Fiddes. 2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action. » An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement and termination of a cause, is called
interlocutory .
Interlocutory In`ter·loc"u·to·ry noun [ Confer French
interlocutoire .]
Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
Interlocutrice In`ter·loc"u·trice noun [ French]
A female interlocutor.
Interlope In`ter·lope" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Interloped ;
present participle & verbal noun Interloping .] [ See
Interloper .]
To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
Interloper In"ter·lo`per noun [ Prefix
inter- + Dutch
looper a runner, from
loopen to run; akin to English
leap . See
Leap , and confer
Elope .]
One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously. The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions.
I. Taylor.
Interlucate In`ter·lu"cate transitive verb [ Latin
interlucatus , past participle of
interlucare ;
inter between +
lux ,
lucis , light.]
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. [ Obsolete]
Interlucation In`ter·lu·ca"tion noun [ Latin
interlucatio .]
Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [ Obsolete]
Evelyn.
Interlucent In`ter·lu"cent adjective [ Latin
interlucens , present participle See
Inter- , and
Lucent .]
Shining between.
Interlude In`ter·lude noun [ Middle English
enterlude , Late Latin
interludium ; Late Latin
inter between +
ludus play, from
ludere to play: confer French
interlude . See
Ludicrous .]
1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting. Dreams are but interludes , which fancy makes
When monarch reason sleeps.
Dryden. 2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama. 3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
Interluded In"ter·lu`ded adjective Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.
Interluder In"ter·lu`der noun An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.
Interluency In"ter·lu`en·cy noun [ Latin
interluens , present participle of
interluere to flow between;
inter + luere .]
A flowing between; intervening water. [ Obsolete]
Sir M. Hale.
Interlunar, Interlunary In`ter·lu"nar, In`ter·lu"na·ry adjective [ Prefix
inter- +
lunar : confer Latin
interlunis .]
Belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
Intermandibular In`ter·man·dib"u·lar adjective (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space.
Intermarriage In`ter·mar"riage noun Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.
Intermarry In`ter·mar"ry intransitive verb To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc. About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry .
Swift.
Intermaxilla In`ter·max·il"la noun ;
plural Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla .
Intermaxillary In`ter·max"il·la·ry adjective (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. --
noun An intermaxilla.
Intermean In"ter·mean` noun Something done in the meantime; interlude. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Intermeation In`ter·me·a"tion noun [ Latin
intermeare ,
intermeatum ; to go between;
inter between +
meare to go.]
A flowing between. [ Obsolete]
Bailey.
Intermeddle In`ter·med"dle intransitive verb [ Middle English
entremedlen ,
entermellen , to mix together, Old French
entremedler ,
entremeller ,
entremesler , French
entremêler . See
Inter- , and
Meddle .]
To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states.
Bacon. Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See
Interpose .
Intermeddle In`ter·med"dle transitive verb To intermix; to mingle. [ Obsolete]
Many other adventures are intermeddled .
Spenser.
Intermeddler In`ter·med"dler noun One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
Intermeddlesome In`ter·med"dle·some adjective Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. --
In`ter*med"dle*some*ness ,
noun
Intermeddling In`ter·med"dling noun The act of improperly interfering. Burke.
Intermede In"ter·mede noun [ French
intermède , from Latin
inter between +
medius , adj., middle; confer Italian
intermedio . Confer
Intermezzo .]
A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera.
Intermediacy In`ter·me"di·a·cy noun [ From
Intermediate .]
Interposition; intervention. Derham.
Intermedial In`ter·me"di·al adjective [ Prefix
inter- +
medial : confer Latin
intermedius .]
Lying between; intervening; intermediate. "
Intermedial colors."
Evelyn.
Intermedian In`ter·me"di·an adjective Intermediate. [ Obsolete]
Intermediary In`ter·me"di·a·ry adjective [ Confer French
intermédiaire .]
Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Intermediary amputation (Surg.) ,
an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in.
Intermediary In`ter·me"di·a·ry noun ;
plural Intermediaries One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.
Intermediate In`ter·me"di·ate adjective [ Prefix
inter- +
mediate : confer French
intermédiat .]
Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors. Intermediate state (Theol.) ,
the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. --
Intermediate terms (Math.) ,
the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes ); the means. --
Intermediate tie .
(Architecture) Same as Intertie .
Intermediate In`ter·me"di·ate intransitive verb To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.
Intermediately In`ter·me"di·ate·ly adverb In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.
Intermediation In`ter·me`di·a"tion noun The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke.
Intermediator In`ter·me"di·a`tor noun A mediator.
Intermedious In`ter·me"di·ous adjective [ Latin
intermedius .]
Intermediate. [ R.]
Cudworth.
Intermedium In`ter·me"di·um noun ;
plural Intermediums , Latin
Intermedia . [ New Latin , neut. of Latin
intermedius intermediate.]
1. Intermediate space. [ R.]
2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper. 3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.
Intermediæ In`ter·me"di·æ noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin
intermedius intermedial.]
(Zoology) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.
Intermell In`ter·mell" intransitive verb & t. [ See
Intermeddle .]
To intermeddle; to intermix. [ Obsolete]
Bp. Fisher.
Intermembral In`ter·mem"bral adjective (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other.
Intermembranous In`ter·mem"bra·nous adjective (Anat.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification.
Interment In·ter"ment noun [ Middle English
enterment , French
enterrement . See
Inter ,
transitive verb ]
The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation. T. Warton.
Intermention In`ter·men"tion transitive verb To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally. [ Obsolete]
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