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intentus, m., purpose, intent, ML. also a stretching out, L. intendere, pp. intentus, stretch out, intend: see intend. Cf. intent, a.] 1. That which is intended; purpose; aim; design; intention; meaning.

Ne no thing wist thai what it ment That thai honurd with gude entent. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 88. I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? Acts x. 29. He [my guide] too went readily in with me; it may be not knowing my intent was to buy.

Dampier, Voyages, II. i. 91.

But Dante recked not of the wine;
Whether the women stayed or went,
His visage held one stern intent.

D. G. Rossetti, Dante at Verona. 2. In law: (a) Personal intention; the state of mind in respect of intelligent volition; the voluntary purposing of an act: often distinguishable from the motive which led to the formation of the intent. See criminal intent, below. (b) The tendency imputable by law to an act; the constructive purpose of an action, for which the doer may be responsible, although the actual intent was not wrongful: as when a conveyance is said to be intended to defraud creditors, because, although it may have been without actual dishonest intention, it necessarily has that tendency.-3+. Notion; idea; thought; opinion.

To myn entent ther is best abydeng,
I wote he will be gladde of your comyng.
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 629.

4. Attention; heed.

Awake, dougter myne, And to my talkyng take entent. Early Eng. Poems, p. 141. The lesse lyght all-way to the nyght sall take entent. York Plays, p. 11.

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2. The act of intending or purposing.

It is evident that "good intention" is of the very essence of an act of duty, and not "good results" nor "plea surable feelings" felt in its performance. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 150. 3. That which is intended, purposed, or meant; that for which a thing is made, designed, or done; intent; purpose; aim; meaning; desire: often in the plural, especially (in colloquial use) with regard to marriage.

The chief intention of pillars, in Egyptian buildings, being to support a weighty covering, it was necessary they should be very strong. Pococke, Description of the East, I. 216. Therefore have they ever been the instruments of great designs, yet seldom understood the true intention of any. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. So little intention had we of shooting bears that we had not brought rifle or even gun with us. Froude, Sketches, p. 79. He unbosomed himself with the simplicity of a rustic lover called upon by an anxious parent to explain his inO. W. Holmes, Essays, p. 109.

tentions.

4+. A straining or putting forth of action; exertion; intension.

The operations of agents admit of intention and remission. Locke.

interstanding, and other things whose essence only consists in their apparition. Burgersdicius, tr. by a Gentleman. intentionality (in-ten-sho-nal'i-ti), n. [< intentionality.] The character or fact of being intentional; designedness.

In an

To render the analysis here given of the possible states of the mind in point of intentionality absolutely complete, it must be pushed to such a farther degree of minuteness, as to some eyes will be apt to appear trifling. Bentham, Introd. to Principles of Morals, viii. intentional manner; with intention or design; intentionally (in-ten'shon-al-i), adv. of purpose; not casually. intentioned (in-ten'shond), a. [< intention + -ed2.] Having intentions or designs, of a kind specified by some qualifying term: as, well-intentioned; ill-intentioned. intentivet (in-ten'tiv), a. [< ME. ententif, < OF. ententif Pr. ententiu It. intentivo, < LL. intentivus, intensive (said of adverbs), L. intendere, pp. intentus, stretch out: see intend. Cf. intensive.] 1. Having an intent or purpose; intent; attentive.

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Who is so trewe and eke so ententyf To kepe him, syk and hool, as is his make? Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 44. While Vortimer was thus intentive for his Countrey's to Hengist, was as intentive to bring it into Servitude. Baker, Chronicles, p. 4. But her most intentive care was how to unite England and Scotland in a solid friendship. Baker, Chronicles, p. 367. Objects

The third intention is deligation, or retaining the parts so joined together. Wiseman, Surgery. You discern at a glance that it is only what was natural to him and reached by the first intention. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 45. 6. A mental effort or exertion; notion; conception; opinion.

A monke, by our Lordes gras,
Off Maillers it is myn entencion.
Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2643.

Criminal intent, the intent to do the criminal act or to omit the duty, if the law makes the act or omission an offense, irrespective of whether the person knew of the law, 7. Understanding; attention; consideration. and in many cases irrespective of whether he knew the facts which bring the act or omission within the law, and irrespective of motive. Thus, for example, if a person, whether from the motive of pleasure in the noise, or anger at a cat, discharges a firearm from his window in a city with reckless disregard of human life, and kills a person who is unknown to him, within range, the criminal intent is the intelligent purpose to discharge the gun in a highly dangerous manner, as distinguished alike from the motive, from any purpose to violate law, and from any purpose to kill a human being. If he was insane in the legal sense, or if the discharge was accidental, there was no criminal intent; otherwise the intent was criminal, although he had an innocent motive, and was ignorant of the law and of the existence of the bystander.- Specific intent, actual intent. To all intents and purposes, in every respect; in all applications or senses; in a looser use, practically; substantially, but not literally.

To all intents and purposes, he who will not open his eyes is for the present as blind as he that cannot. South, Sermons. intentt, v. t. [< L. intentare, stretch out toward, freq. of intendere, stretch out: see intend.] To accuse; charge. Nares.

For of some former she had now made known They were her errors, whilst she intented Browne. Verses prefixed to Browne's Pastorals. intentation (in-ten-ta'shọn), n. [= It. intentazione, L. intentatio(n-), a stretching out toward, intentare, stretch out toward: see intent.] The act of intending, or the result of such an act; intention. Bp. Hall, Ahab and Naboth.

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intentio (in-ten'shi-ō), n. [L., a stretching out: see intention.] In anc. music, the process or act of passing from a lower to a higher pitch. intention (in-ten'shon), n. [< ME. intencion, entencioun, OF. intencion, entencion, intention, F. intention = Pr. entencio, entensio = Sp. intencion = Pg. intenção It. intenzione, ‹ L. intentio(n-), a stretching out, exertion, attention, design, purpose, intention, intendere, pp. intentus, stretch out, intend: see intend.] 1. Direction of the mind; attention; hence, uncommon exertion of the intellectual faculties; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness. [Archaic.]

O, she did so course o'er my exteriors with such a greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye did seem to scorch me up like a burning glass! Shak., M. W. of W., i. 3, 73.

I suffer for their guilt now, and my soule (Like one that lookes on ill-affected eyes) Is hurt with mere intention on their follies. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, i. 5. When the mind with great earnestness, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, considers it on all sides, and will not be called off by the ordinary solicitation of other ideas, it is that we call intention or study.

Locke, Human Understanding, II. xix. 1.

It [reading well) requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object. Thoreau, Walden, p. 110.

Thi passioun & thi mercy We take to oure entensioun. Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 21. 8. In law, intent; the fixing of the mind upon the act and thinking of it as of one which will be performed when the time comes. Stephen; Harris. It depends on a joint exercise of the will and the understanding.-9. In scholastic logic, a general concept of the mind. This use of the word (Latin intentio), first found in a translation from Avicenna, was common throughout the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Aquinas says that the intelligible species or first apprehension is the beginning, while the intention is the end of the process of thought.] -Declaration of intention. See declaration. First intention, in logic, a general conception obtained by abstraction from the ideas or images of sensible objects.Second intention, in logic, a general conception obtain ed by reflection and abstraction applied to first intentions as objects. Thus, the concepts man, animal, and thing are first intentions; but if we reflect that man is a species of animal, and animal a species of organism, we see there is no reason why this process should not be continued until we have a concept embracing every other object or being (ens); and this concept, not obtained by direct abstraction from the species offered by the imagination, but by thinking about words or concepts, is a second intention. In particular, the concepts of a genus, of a species, of a specific difference, of a property, and of an accident were considered to be derived from the consideration of par

ticular genera, species, differences, properties, and accidents, and so to be second intentions par excellence. At the present day such terms as being, nothing, identity, negation, and the like are called terms of second intention when it is desired to emphasize the fact that they are obtained by abstraction from the logical relations of other terms. Special intention, the celebration of the eucharist for a specific object. Lee's Glossary. To heal by first intention, in surg., to cicatrize without suppuration, as a wound. To heal by second intention, in surg., to unite after suppuration, as the borders of a

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intentional (in-ten'shon-al), a. and n. [= Sp. Pg. intencional It. intenzionale = F. intentionnel; as intention + -al.] I. a. 1. Done with intention, design, or purpose; intended; designed.

The glory of God is the end which every intelligent being is bound to consult, by a direct and intentional service. Rogers.

2. In metaph., pertaining to an appearance, phenomenon, or representation in the mind; phenomenal; representational; apparent.-Intentional abstraction, being, etc. See the nouns.Intentional enst. Same as intentional, n.-Intentional existence, existence as an immediate object of conscious ness. Syn. 1. Premeditated, contemplated, studied. II. n. In metaph., an appearance having no substantial existence.

To a true being are opposed beings of reason, as genus, species, etc., secondly, the fictitious or feigned, as chimæra, centaure, etc., thirdly, appearances, or as they commonly say intentionals, as the rainbow, colours appearing, species's and spectres of the senses and under

Worthy their serious and intentive eyes. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, Ind. 2. Of or pertaining to attention.

Our souls for want of spirits cannot attend exactly to so many intentive operations. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 256. intentively (in-ten 'tiv-li), adv. [ME. ententifly; intentive + -ly2.] Attentively; intently.

And for his grete bewte the maydenys be-hilde hym often ententifly. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 608.

Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not intentively. Shak., Othello, i. 3, 155. intentivenesst (in-ten'tiv-nes), n. Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness. W. Montague, Devoute Essays, ii. 224. intently (in-tent'li), ade. In an intent manner; with close attention or application; with eagerness or earnestness; fixedly.

And he be-heilde hym ententely that he loked on noon other, and after that he be-heilde his felowes, that were stille and koy, that seiden not o worde, but be-heilde hym that spake. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 318. intentness (in-tent'nes), n. The state of being intent; close or earnest attention or application.

inter1 (in-ter'), v. t.; pret. and pp. interred, ppr. interring. [Formerly enter; ME. enteren, < OF. enterrer, F. enterrer Pr. Sp. Pg. enterrar = It. interrare,< ML. interrare, put in the earth, bury, L. in, in, + terra, earth: see terra.] 1. To place in the earth and cover with it. [Rare in this general sense.]

The best way is to inter them as you furrow pease. Mortimer, Husbandry. Specifically-2. To bury; inhume; place in a grave, or, by extension, in a tomb of any kind. The princes entred in to the town gladde and ioyfull, and dide entere the deed corps.

Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 603.
To be enterit in a towmbe, as a triet qwene,
And laid by hir legis, that the lond aght.
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), l. 11568.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.

Shak., J. C., iii. 2, 81.

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inter2 (in'tèr), prep. [L., in the midst, between, during, among (in' comp. also under, down: see inter-) (= Skt. antar, within), < in, in, within, +-ter, a compar. suffix, E. -der, -ther, -ter, in under, other, after, etc. Cf. under.] A Latin preposition meaning 'between' or 'among,' used in some Latin phrases occurring in English books, as in inter nos (between or among ourselves), inter arma silent leges (laws war), etc., and very common as a prefix. See are silent among arms-that is, in time of inter-.

interst, v. A Middle English form of enter1. inter-. [Early mod. E. also enter- (a form still extant in entertain, enterprise, etc.); ME. enter-, entre-, rarely inter-,< OF.entre-, inter-,< F.entre-, inter- = Sp. Pg. entre-, inter- = It. enter-, inter-, L. inter- (changed to intel- before 1, namely, in intellegere, intelligere, understand: see intellect, intelligent, etc.), a very common pre

interanimate (in-tér-an'i-mat), v. t.; pret. and pp. interanimated, ppr. interanimating. [< inter- + animate.] To animate mutually.

fix, being the adv. and prep. inter used with interambulacrum (in-tér-am-bu-lā ́krum), n.; verbs and nouns, with the meaning 'between, pl. interambulacra (-krä). [< inter- + ambulaamong, amid, during,' in some instances crum.] In zool., one of the imperforate plates 'under, down': see inter2.] A common prefix which occupy the intervals of the perforate meaning 'between' or 'among' or 'during,' oc- plates, or ambulacra, in the shells of echinocurring in many English words taken from the derms. See ambulacrum. Latin, either directly or through Middle English interamnian (in-tér-am'ni-an), a. [<LL. interand Old French or French forms (being then amnus, between two rivers, L. inter, between, in Middle English also enter-, and so retained amnis, a river.] Situated between two rivers: in some modern forms: see enter-), or formed in applied specifically to Mesopotamia. English on the Latin model. Words formed in From one end of the Inter-amnian country to the other. English with this prefix may have the second element of Piazzi Smyth, Pyramid, p. 75. non-Latin origin, as in interdash, interknow, intertangle, interweave, etc. The second element is (in the original) either a verb, as in interact, v., intercalate, intercept, interchange, etc., or a noun, as in interact, n., interaxis, interval, intervale, etc. The prefix is freely used in English in the making of new compounds, often without immediate reference to its Latin status. In such cases, in the following etymologies, it is, for the sake of brevity, usually treated as an English prefix, and not carried back to the Latin preposition, as in other cases. For the relation of inter- to the second element in adjectives, compare the similar relation of ante-, anti-, etc. interaccessory (in ter-ak-ses ́o-ri or in-tér-ak'se-sō-ri), a. [<inter- + accessory.] In anat., situated between accessory processes of vertebræ: as, an interaccessory muscle. interacinous (in-tér-as'i-nus), a. [L. inter, between, NL. acinus, q. v.] Situated or occurring between the acini.

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The growth [of a tumor] is accompanied by a strong vascularization of the interacinous connective tissue. Buck's Handbook of Med. Sciences, III. 353. interact (in-tér-akt'), n. [= F. entr'acte Sp. Pg. entreacto; as inter- + act, n.] In the drama, the interval between two acts, or a short piece between others; an interlude; hence, any intermediate employment or time. interact (in-tér-akt'), v. i. [<inter- + act, v.] To act reciprocally; act on each other.

The two complexions, or two styles of mind-the perceptive class, and the practical finality class—are ever in counterpoise, interacting mutually.

Emerson, English Traits, xiv. interaction (in-tér-ak'shon), n. [interact, v., after action.] Mutual or reciprocal action; action or influence of things upon each other. The interaction of the atoms throughout infinite time rendered all manner of combinations possible. Tyndall. There can be no morality when there is not interaction between the moral subject and the moral object.

H. N. Day, Princeton Rev., Sept., 1879, p. 311. interactional (in-tér-ak'shon-al), a. [< interaction-al.] Pertaining to or of the nature of interaction. [Rare.]

The sum of being consists of the two systems of substantial forms and interactional relations, and it reappears in the form of concept and judgment, the concept representing being and the judgment being in action. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 412. interactive (in-tér-akʼtiv), a. [<inter- + active.] Mutually active; acting upon or influencing each other. These phenomena are ever intermingled and interac.

tive.

J. Fiske, Cosmic Philos., I. 39. interadditive (in-tér-ad'i-tiv), a. [< inter- + additive.] Inserted parenthetically, or between other things, as a clause in a sentence. Coleridge.

interagency (in-tér-a'jen-si), n. [<inter- + agency.] The act or acts of one acting as an interagent; intermediate agency. interagent (in-tér-ā'jent), n. [<inter-agent.] An intermediate agent.

Domitian tried by secret interagents to corrupt the fidelity of Cerialis. Gordon, tr. of Tacitus. inter alia (in'tèr a ́li-ä). [L.: inter, among; alia, neut. pl. acc. of alius, other: see alias.] Among other things or matters: as, he spoke, inter alia, of the slavery question. interallt, n. When zephyr breathed into the watery interall.

When love with one another so
Interanimates two souls.

Donne, The Ecstasy. interantennal (in tér-an-ten'al), a. [< inter+ antennæ +-al.] Situated between the antennæ: as, the interantennal clypeal region of a myriapod.-Interantennal ridge, a longitudinal ridge or carina between the antennæ, seen in many Hyme. interarborationt (in-ter-är-bo-ra ́shọn), n. [< inter- + arbori +-ation.] The intermixture of the branches of trees standing in opposite

noptera.

ranks.

Tabernacle.

And though the inter-arboration do imitate the Areostylos, or thin order, not strictly answering the proportion of intercolumniations; yet in many trees they will not exceed the intermission of the columnes in the court of the Sir T. Browne, Garden of Cyrus, iv. interarticular (inter-är-tik'u-lär), a. [= F. interarticulaire; as inter- + articular.] Situated in a joint (that is, between the articular ends of the bones that compose the joint).— Interarticular cartilage, fibrocartilage. See cartiinterarytenoid (in-tėr-ar-i-tē’ʼnoid), a. [< inter- arytenoid.] Situated between the arytenoids.

lage.

This inflammatory action in the interarytenoid space is responsible for the spasmodic attacks characterizing pertussis. Medical News, LII. 601. interatomic (in tér-a-tom'ik), a. [< inter- + atomic.] Existing or acting between atoms, especially those of a single molecule.

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It may be also [admitting] an interatomic energy, tween the atoms of the individual molecules. Encyc. Brit., XVI. 611. interaulic (in-tér-â'lik), a. [< L. inter, between,+ aula, a hall: see aulic.] Existing between royal courts: as, "interaulic politics,' Motley. [Rare.]

interauricular (in tér-â-rik'u-lär), a. [<inter-+ auricula, auricle, + -ar3.]" In anat., situated between the auricles of the heart: as, the interauricular septum. interaxal (in-tér-ak'sal), a.

[<interaxis +-al.]

In arch., situated in an interaxis.

interaxillary (in-tér-akʼsi-la-ri), a. [< L. inter, between,+ axilla, axil, + -ary.] In bot., situated between the axils of leaves.

interaxis (in-ter-ak'sis), n. [< L. inter, between, + axis, axis: see aris1.] In arch., the space between axes.

interbastation+ (in tér-bas-tā'shọn), n. [<in-
ter- + baste3 + -ation.] Patchwork. [Rare.]
A metaphor taken from interbastation, patching or piec-
ing, sewing or clapping close together.
J. Smith, Portrait of Old Age (1666), p. 184.
interbedded (in-tér-bed'ed), a. Same as in-
terstratified.

Interbedded or contemporaneous [rock].
Geikie, Encyc. Brit., X. 307.

intercalation

II. intrans. 1. To practise cross-breeding, as a farmer.-2. To procreate with an animal of a different variety or species: as, hens and pheasants interbreed. interbreeding (in-tér-bre'ding), n. The process of breeding between different species or varieties; cross-breeding; hybridization. interbringt (in-ter-bring'), v. t. [< inter- + bring.] To bring mutually. Bless'd pair of swans, oh, may you interbring Daily new joys, and never sing. Donne, Eclogue, Dec. 25, 1613. [=F. intercalaire Sp. Pg. intercalar"It. intercalare, L. intercalaris (also intercalarius), of or for insertion (dies or mensis intercalaris, an inserted day or month), intercalare, insert: see intercalate.] Intercalary.

intercalar (in-tér ka-lär), a.

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Which is the cause that the king's reputing the third of these intercalar daies to be desasterous and dismal. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 1052.

intercalare (in-tèr-kā-lā'rē), n.; pl. intercalaria (-ri-ä). [NL., neut. of L. intercalaris: see intercalary.] The opisthotic bone of the skull. Gegenbaur; Cope. intercalary (in-ter'ka-la-ri), a. [= It. intercalario, L. intercalarius, equiv. to intercalaris: see intercalar.] 1. In chron., inserted in the calendar out of regular order, as an extra day or month; having an additional day or month, as one of a cycle of years. The lunar reckoning and other features of the Greek, Roman, and other ancient intercalary days and months were officially added at intercalendars made the year of twelve months too short, and vals to adjust the difference. Since the reformation of the calendar by Julius Caesar, in 46 B. C., only one intercalary day in every fourth year, or leap-year, has been required, the 29th of February.

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The typical form of intercalary growth takes place in definite belts which surround the cell. Bessey, Botany, p. 22. Intercalary verse, a refrain.

G. Fletcher.

interalveolar (in tér-al-vē ́ō-lär), a. [< inter+ alveolar.] 1. In zool., situated between the alveoli: applied to the transverse muscles which connect the apposed surfaces of the five alveoli of the dentary apparatus of a sea-urchin. See lantern of Aristotle, under lantern.-2. In anat., situated between or among the alveoli of the lungs. interambulacra, n. Plural of interambulacrum. interambulacral (in-ter-am-bu-la'kral), a; [=F. interambulacral; as inter- + ambulacral.] 1. In echinoderms, situated between ambulacra; interradial. See cut under Astrophyton. Transverse muscles connect the two interambulacral pieces, the oral edges of which are articulated with a long narrow plate, the torus angularis.

Huxley, Anat. Invert., p. 483. 2. Of or pertaining to interambulacra.

Three divisions of the Apocalypse, though the first and second interblend imperceptibly with each other.

E. H. Sears, Fourth Gospel the Heart of Christ, p. 100.

interbrachial (in-tér-brā'ki-al), a. [<inter-+ brachium +-al.] Situated between brachia, arms, or rays, as of a starfish; interradial; interambulacral: as, the interbrachial area of an ophiurian.

The reproductive organs.. open by orifices on the ventral surface of the body or in the interbrachial areas. H. A. Nicholson, Zoöl. (5th ed.), p. 196. interbrain (in ́ter-brän), n. [<inter-+ brain.] The diencephalon. interbranchial (in-tér-brangʻki-al), a. [<inter+branchia +-al.] Situated between or among branchise or gills.

interbreed (in-tėr-brēd′), v. [< inter- + breed.] I. trans. To breed by crossing species or varieties; cross-breed.

intercalate (in-ter'ka-lāt), v. t.; pret. and pp. intercalated, ppr. intercalating. < L. interca Sp. Pg. intercalar = F. intercaler), proclaim the insertion of a day or month in a calendar, < inter, between, + calare, call: see calends.] 1. In chron., to insert in the calendar by proclamation or authority, as an extra day or month. See intercalary, 1.

In the time of Solon, and probably that of Herodotus also, it was the custom with Greeks to add, or, as it is termed, to intercalate a month every other year. Priestley, History, xiv. Hence-2. To insert between others; introduce interstitially; interject or interpolate, as something irregular or unrelated.

So wrote Theodoret in days when men had not yet intercalated into Holy Writ that fine line of an obscure modern hymn, which proclaims . . . that "There is no repentance in the grave.' C. Kingsley, Hypatia.

intercalation (in-tér-ka-lā ́shon), n. [= F. intercalation: Sp. intercalacion Pg. intercalação = It. intercalazione, ‹ L. intercalatio(n-), <

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intercalation intercalare, intercalate: see intercalate.] 1. In chron., an official insertion of additional time, as a day or a month, in the regular reckoning of the calendar, to make the year of the right length. See intercalary, 1.

The number of days required to bring the lunar year into correspondence with the solar had been supplied by ir. regular intercalations at the direction of the Sacred Col lege. Froude, Cæsar, p. 472. Hence-2. The insertion of anything between other things; irregular interposition or interjection, as, in geology, the intrusion of layers or beds between the regular rocks of a series.

tive.

Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell. Effective scale of intercalations, in math. See essecintercalative (in-tèr'ka-la-tiv), a. [< intercalate+-ive.] Tending to intercalate; that intercalates; in philol., same as incorporative. intercanal (in tér-ka-nal'), n. [< inter- + canall.] In sponges, an incurrent canal. These canals are the intercanals of Haeckel, now generally known by their older name of incurrent canals. Encyc. Brit., XXII. 413. intercarotic (in tér-ka-rotʼik), a. [< inter- + carot(id)+ic.] Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries: as, the intercarotic ganglion or glandule. See ganglion. This gland [Luschka's] should be considered as an arterial gland, of which the intercarotic ganglion is another example. Holden, Anat. (1885), p. 507.

intercarotid (in tér-ka-rot'id), a. [< inter- + carotid.] Same as intercarotic. intercarpal (in-tér-kär ́pal), a. [<inter- + carpus +-al.] Situated between or among carpal bones: as, intercarpal ligaments. intercede (in-tér-sed'), v.; pret. and pp. interceded, ppr. interceding. [=F. intercéder Sp. Pg. interceder It. intercedere, ‹ L. intercedere, come between, intervene, interpose, become surety, etc., inter, between, + cedere, go: see cede.] I. intrans. 1t. To come between; pass or occur intermediately; intervene.

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intercentra, ". Plural of intercentrum. intercentral (in-tér-sen'tral), a. [<intercentrum +-al.] Passing between or connecting centers; situated between vertebral centra; having the character of an intercentrum.

Intercentral Nerve-Fibres. These, which do not convey impulses to or from peripheral parts and nerve-centres, but connect one centre with another, form a final group in addition to efferent and afferent nerve-fibres. Martin, Human Body (3d ed.), p. 187.

intercentrum (in-tér-sen ́trum), n.; pl. intercentra (-trä). [NL., L. inter, between, + centrum, center (centrum).] In anat., an intermediate vertebral centrum; a centrum interpolated between two others, as in the extinct batrachian order Ganocephala. Such a centrum occupies the position, and to some extent has the relations, of the intervertebral substance of ordinary vertebræ. intercept (in-tér-sept'), v. t. [< F. intercepter Sp. Pg. interceptar It. intercettare, < L. intercipere, pp. interceptus, take between, intercept, inter, between, + capere, take: see capable.] 1. To take or seize by the way; interhalt or a stop: as, to intercept a letter or a mesrupt the passage or the course of; bring to a senger; to intercept rays of light.

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intercessione, < L. intercessio(n-), a coming between, intervention, intercession, intercedere, pp. intercessus, come between, intercede: see intercede.] 1. The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties; solicitation or entreaty in behalf of, or sometimes against, a person or an action.

And when he was in tribulacion, he besought the Lorde hys God, and humbled hymselfe exceadynglie before the God of his fathers, and made intercession to hym. Bible of 1551, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 13. His perpetual intercession for us (which is an article of faith contained in plainest words of Holy Scripture) does not interfere with that one atonement made upon the Cross. Pusey, Eirenicon, p. 35.

2. In liturgics, a petition or group of petitions for various orders of men and classes in the church, whether living or departed; a form of conjoint or mutual prayer for or with the living, the departed, saints, and angels. Great inthe liturgy, as distinguished from intercessions outside tercession, in liturgics, the intercession in the canon of the canon.-Intercession of Christ, the pleading of Christ with God in heaven on behalf of the redeemed (Heb. vii. 25).-Intercession of saints, prayer offered in behalf of Christians living on earth by saints-that is, by the faithful departed in the intermediate state or in heaven (especially those canonized as saints) and by angels. The doctrine of the intercession of saints was generally believed in among the Jews and early Christians, and is authoritatively taught by the Orthodox Greek and other Oriental churches and by the Roman Catholic Church. intercessional (in-tér-sesh'on-al), a. [ intercession + -al.] Of, pertaining to, or containing intercession or entreaty: as, an intercessional intercessionatet (in-tér-sesh'on-at), v. t. [< intercession +-ate2.] To intercede with. [Rare.] To intercessionate God for his recovery.

Pope, Iliad, xi. 196.

Baker, Chronicles, p. 351.

II. trans. To pass between. which have the greatest refracting power; that is, which Those superficies reflect the greatest quantity of light

intercede mediums that differ most in their refractive densities. Newton, Opticks, II. iii. 1. intercedence (in-tér-se'dens), n. [ intercede +-ence.] Intercession;" intervention; inter

mediation.

Without the intercedence of any organ. Bp. Reynolds, The Passions. intercedent (in-tér-se'dent), a. [= OF. intercedent, L. interceden(t-)s, ppr. of intercedere, go between: see intercede.] Passing between; mediating; pleading. Ash. [Rare.] interceder (in-tėr-sõ ́der), n. One who intercedes; a mediator; an intercessor.

intercellular (in-tér-sel'u-lär), a. [L. inter, between, NL. cellula, cellule, +-ar3.] Situated between or among cells; interstitial in a cellular tissue: as, the intercellular substance or matrix of cartilage. In a broad sense, all tissues or histological structures consist of intercellular substance except in so far as they are composed of cells themselves. - Intercellular passages, in anat., the ultimate ramifications of the lobular bronchial tubes, beset with air-cells or alveoli. -Intercellular UGAND spaces, in bot., spaces or passages of greater or less size which occur within the tissues of plants. They are formed by the separation of the walls of the cells through unequal growth, or by the breaking down of intermediate cells. These spaces may contain only air or air and watery sap, or some of the substances usually formed in cells, as resin, crystals, etc. The intercellular spaces occurring within plants of loose tissue are generally connected with one another, and with the outer air by means of stomata. intercensal (in-tér-sen'sal), a. [< L. inter, between, census, census: see census.] Occurring between the taking of one census and another. [Rare.]

a, a, a, Intercellular Spaces.

To intercept this inconvenience, A piece of ordnance 'gainst it I have plac'd. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 4, 14. God will shortly intercept your brethe. Joye, Expos. of Daniel, x. 4. In math., to hold, include, or comprehend. ward the east, intercepted between the beginning of Aries Right ascension is an arc of the equator, reckoning toand the point of the equator which rises at the same time with the sun or star in a right sphere. Bailey. Intercepted axis, in geom., the abscissa. Intercepting trochanter, a trochanter intervening between the coxa and the femur so as to separate them entirely.

intercept (in'tèr-sept), n. [< intercept, v.] That which is intercepted; specifically, in geom., the which it is intersected by two other lines, by part of a line lying between the two points at a curve, by two planes, or by a surface. intercepted (in-ter-sep'ted), p. a. In astrol., included between two cusps.-Intercepted sign, in astrol., a sign found between the cusps of two houses

and not in either of them.

intercepter (in-tér-sep'ter), n. One who or that which intercepts; an opponent.

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intercessor (in-tér-ses ́or), n. [=F. intercesseur Sp. intercesor Pg. intercessor = It. intercessore, L. intercessor, one who intervenes, a mediator, surety, fulfiller, performer, etc., < intercedere, pp. intercessus, intervene, intercede: see intercede.] 1. One who intercedes or makes intercession, especially with the stronger for the weaker; a person who pleads with one in behalf of another, or endeavors to reconcile parties at variance; a mediator.

Christ doth remain everlastingly a gracious intercessor, even for every particular penitent.

Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vi. 5. The generality of the Moos lims regard their deceased saints as intercessors with the Deity. E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 304. 2. Eccles., in the early African Church, an officer who during a vacancy of a see administered the bishopric till a successor was elected. Also called interventor. intercessorial (in tér-se-sō'ri-al), a. [< interintercessory (in-tèr-ses'o-ri), a. [=OF. intercessory +-al.] Pertaining to an intercessor or to intercession; intercessory. [Rare.] cessoire, < ML. intercessorius, intercessory, < L. intercessor, intercessor: see intercessor.] Containing intercession; interceding.

The Lord's prayer has an intercessory petition for our enemies. Earbery, Modern Fanaticísm (1720), p. 39. interchain (in-tér-chan'), v. t. [<inter-+ chain.] To chain or link together; unite firmly.

The pillars, standing at a competent distance from the outmost wall, will, by interception of the sight, somewhat in appearance diminish the breadth.

Sir H. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. Loving friends, as your sorrows & afflictions have bin great, so our croses & interceptions in our proceedings hear have not been small.

Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 138. 24. Intrusion; intervention.

We might safely suppose the ice to be as solid as entire pieces of ice are wont to be with us, and not to be made up of icy fragments cemented together, with the intercep tion of considerable cavities filled with air. Boyle, Works, II. 542. interceptive (in-tér-sep'tiv), a. [<intercept + ire.] Serving to intercept or obstruct. intercerebral (in-tér-ser'e-bral), a. [<inter- + cerebral.] Situated between the right and left cerebral hemispheres, or connecting two cerebral ganglia: as, an intercerebral commissure. intercession (in-tér-sesh'on), n. [= F. intercession Sp. intercesion = Pg. intercessão It.

The hands the spears that lately grasp'd,
Still in the mailed gauntlet clasp'd,
Were interchanged in greeting dear.
Scott, L. of L. M., v. 6.

With whom, friends
And foes alike agree, throughout his life
He never interchanged a civil word.

Browning, Ring and Book, I. 179. Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. O. W. Holmes, An After-Dinner Poem. 2. To cause to follow one another alternately: as, to interchange cares with pleasures.

But then hee had withall a strange kind of interchanging of large and inexpected pardons with seuere executions. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VII., p. 236. II. intrans. To change reciprocally; succeed alternately.