Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 58

Interchange (n.) 交換;交替 [U] [C] The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities between two persons. "Interchange of kindnesses." -- South.

Interchange (n.) The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. -- Howell.

Interchange (n.) Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.

The interchanges of light and darkness. -- Holder.

Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. -- Milton.

Interchange (n.) An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the cloverleaf.

Interchange (n.) A junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams.

Interchange (n.) Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) [syn: interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take].

Interchange (n.) The act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners" [syn: exchange, interchange].

Interchange (n.) Reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" [syn: exchange, interchange].

Interchange (v.) Put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" [syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange].

Interchange (v.) Give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" [syn: exchange, change, interchange].

Interchange (v.) Cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose, interchange].

Interchange (v.) Reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: interchange, tack, switch, alternate, flip, flip-flop].

Interchangeability (n.) 可交換性;可交替性 The state or quality of being interchangeable; interchangeableness.

Interchangeability (n.) The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange [syn: exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility] [ant: unexchangeability].

Interchangeable (a.) Admitting of exchange or mutual substitution. "Interchangeable warrants." -- Bacon.

Interchangeable (a.) 可交換的;可交替的 Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. -- Holder. -- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv.

Interchangeable (a.) (Mathematics, logic) Such that the arguments or roles can be interchanged; "the arguments of the symmetric relation, `is a sister of,' are interchangeable."

Interchangeable (a.) Capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts" [syn: exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised].

Interchangeableness (n.) 互換性 The quality of being capable of exchange or interchange [syn: exchangeability, interchangeability, interchangeableness, fungibility] [ant: unexchangeability].

Interchangement (n.) Mutual transfer; exchange. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Interchapter (n.) An intervening or inserted chapter.

Intercidence (n.) The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident. [Obs.] -- Holland.

Intercident (a.) Falling or coming between; happening accidentally. [Obs.] -- Boyle.

Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping. -- n. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage. -- Wiseman.

Intercision (n.) A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.

Intercitizenship (n.) The mutual right to civic privileges, in the different States. -- Bancroft.

Interclavicle (n.) (Anat.) See Episternum.

Interclavicular (a.) (Anat.) Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum.

Interclavicular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.

Interclose (v. t.) To shut in; to inclose. [Obs.]

Intercloud (v. t.) To cloud. [R.] -- Daniel.

Intercluded (imp. & p. p.) of Interclude.

Intercluding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interclude.

Interclude (v. t.) To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt. -- Mitford.

So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded. -- Boyle.

Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping; obstruction.

Intercollegiate (a.) 大學間的;校際的Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

Intercollegiate (a.) Used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball."

Intercolline (a.) (Geol.) Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

Intercolonial (a.) Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade. -- In`ter*co*lo"ni*al*ly, adv.

Intercolumnar (a.) Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

Intercolumniation (n.) (Arch.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. -- Gwilt.

Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: Pycnostyle, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; Systyle, of two diameters; Eustyle, of two and a quarter diameters; Diastyle, of three diameters; Ar[ae]ostyle, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; Ar[ae]osystyle, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and ar[ae]ostyle.

Intercombat (n.) Combat. [Obs.] -- Daniel.

Intercoming (n.) The act of coming between; intervention; interference. [Obs.]

Intercommoned (imp. & p. p.) of Intercommon.

Intercommoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercommon.

Intercommon (v. t.) To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. [Obs.] -- Bacon.

Intercommon (v. t.) (O. Eng. Law) To graze cattle promiscuously in the commons of each other, as the inhabitants of adjoining townships, manors, etc.

Intercommonage (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The right or privilege of intercommoning.

Intercommuned (imp. & p. p.) of Intercommune.

Intercommuning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercommune.

Intercommune (v. i.) To intercommunicate. [Obs.]
Intercommune (v. i.) To have mutual communication or intercourse by conservation. [Scot.]

Intercommunicable (a.) Capable of being mutually communicated.

Intercommunicate (v. i.) 互相交往;交際;相通 To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

Intercommunicate (v. t.) To communicate mutually; to interchange.

Intercommunication (n.) 互相聯繫;相互溝通;互相通訊(聯絡) Mutual communication.

Intercommunion (n.) (思想、感情等的)相互交融,相互溝通 Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.

Intercommunity (n.) 共同性 Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

Intercomparison (n.) 相互比較 Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

Intercondylar (a.) Alt. of Intercondyloid.

Intercondyloid (a.) Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

Interconnect (v. t.) 使互相連接 To join together; to connect with one another.

Interconnection (n.) Connection between; mutual connection.

Interconnection (n.) A state of being connected reciprocally; "an interconnection between the two buildings" [syn: interconnection, interconnectedness].

Interconnection (n.) (Computer science) The act of interconnecting (wires or computers or theories etc.).

Intercontinental (a.) Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Intercontinental (a.) Passing between continents or capable of passing between continents; as, an intercontinental ballistic misile; an intercontinental airplane flight.

Intercontinental (a.) Extending or taking place between or among continents; "intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental flights" [ant: continental].

Intercontinental (a.) 大陸間的;洲際的 Relating to travel, commerce, relations, etc, between continents.

Intercontinental ballistic missile (n.) 洲際彈道飛彈 An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi) [1] primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). Similarly, conventional, chemical, and biological weapons can also be delivered with varying effectiveness, but have never been deployed on ICBMs. Most modern designs support multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), allowing a single missile to carry several warheads, each of which can strike a different target.

Early ICBMs had limited precision, which made them suitable for use only against the largest targets, such as cities. They were seen as a "safe" basing option, one that would keep the deterrent force close to home where it would be difficult to attack. Attacks against military targets (especially hardened ones) still demanded the use of a more precise manned bomber. Second- and third-generation designs (such as the LGM-118 Peacekeeper) dramatically improved accuracy to the point where even the smallest point targets can be successfully attacked.

ICBMs are differentiated by having greater range and speed than other ballistic missiles: intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs), short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) and tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs). Short and medium-range ballistic missiles are known collectively as theatre ballistic missiles.

Compare: Ballistic missile

Ballistic missile (n.) [ C ] 彈道導彈 A missile (= flying weapon) that has power in order to direct it on its flight, but that continues and falls towards its target without power.

Compare: Ballistic

Ballistic (a.) (Informal) Go ballistic 發怒,生氣 To become extremely angry.

// If your dad finds out you've been skipping school, he'll go ballistic.

Compare: Ballistics

Ballistics (n.) [ U ] 彈道學 The study of objects that are shot or thrown through the air, such as a bullet from a gun.

Interconvertible (a.) Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

Intercostal (a.) Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Intercostal (a.) Located or occurring between the ribs; "intercostal muscles."

Intercostal (n.) Muscles between the ribs; they contract during inspiration [syn: intercostal, intercostal muscle, musculus intercostalis].

Intercourse (n.)  [U] 【書】往來;交往;交際 [+with/between];【書】(思想,感情等的)交流,交換 [+of];性交,交媾 [+with] A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. -- Milton.

Intercourse (n.) Same as {sexual intercourse}.

{Sexual intercourse}, sexual or carnal connection; coition; copulation, especially between humans.

Syn: Communication; connection; commerce; communion; fellowship; familiarity; acquaintance.

Intercourse (n.) Communication between individuals [syn: {intercourse}, {social intercourse}].

Intercourse (n.) The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: {sexual intercourse}, {intercourse}, {sex act}, {copulation}, {coitus}, {coition}, {sexual congress}, {congress}, {sexual relation}, {relation}, {carnal knowledge}].

Intercourse (n.) Communication; commerce; connexion by reciprocal dealings  between persons or nations, as by interchange of commodities, treaties,  contracts, or letters.

Intercrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Intercross.

Intercrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercross.

Intercross (v. t. & i.) [使] 交叉;= interbreed(使異種交配) To cross each other, as lines.

Intercross (v. t. & i.) (Biol.) To fertilize by the impregnation of one species or variety by another; to impregnate by a different species or variety.

Intercross (n.) The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.

We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants. -- Darwin.

Intercrural (a.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Intercur (v. i.) To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. [Obs.] -- Shelton.

Intercurrence (n.) A passing or running between; occurrence. -- Boyle.

Intercurrent (a.) Running between or among; intervening. -- Boyle. -- Bp. Fell.

Intercurrent (a.) (Med.) Not belonging to any particular season.

Intercurrent (a.) (Med.) Said of diseases occurring in the course of another disease. -- Dunglison.

Intercurrent (n.) Something intervening. -- Holland.

Intercutaneous (a.) Subcutaneous.

Interdashed (imp. & p. p.) of Interdash.

Interdashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interdash.

Interdash (v. t.) To dash between or among; to intersperse. -- Cowper.

Interdeal (v. i.) To intrigue. [Obs.] -- Daniel.

Interdental (a.) Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

Interdental (a.) (Phon.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.

Interdentil (n.) (Arch.) The space between two dentils. -- Gwilt.

Interdependence (n.) Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." -- M. Arnold.

Interdependence (n.) A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) [syn: mutuality, interdependence, interdependency].

Interdependency (n.) Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. -- De Quincey.

Interdependency (n.) A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) [syn: mutuality, interdependence, interdependency].

Interdependent (a.) 相互依賴的;互助的 Mutually dependent.

Interdependent (a.) Mutually dependent [syn: interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial].

Interdicted (imp. & p. p.) of Interdict.

Interdicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interdict.

Interdict (n.) To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

Charged not to touch the interdicted tree. -- Milton.

Interdict (n.) (Eccl.) To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.

An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same. -- Ayliffe.

Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure. -- Milton.

Interdict (n.) (R. C. Ch.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.

Interdict (n.) (Scots Law) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.

Interdict (n.) An ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district.

Interdict (n.) A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity [syn: interdict, interdiction].

Interdict (v.) Destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication.

Interdict (v.) Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit].

Interdict, () civil Among the Romans it was an ordinance of the praetor, which forbade or enjoined the parties in a suit to do something particularly specified, until it should be decided definitely who had the right in relation to it. Like an injunction, the interdict was merely personal in its effects and it had also another similarity to it, by being temporary or perpetual. Dig. 43, 1, 1, 3, and 4. See Story, E Jur. 865; Halif. Civ. Law, ch. 6 Vicat, Vocab. h. v.; Hein. Elem. Pand. Ps. 6, Sec. 285. Vide Injunction.

Interdict, or Interdiction, () eccles. law. An ecclesiastical censure, by which divine services are prohibited either to particular persons or particular places. These tyrannical edicts, issued by ecclesiastical powers, have never been in force in the United States.

Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurst. -- Shak.

Interdiction (n.) Authoritative prohibition.

Interdiction (n.) A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity [syn: interdict, interdiction].

Interdiction, () civil law. A legal restraint upon a person incapable of managing his estate, because of mental incapacity, from signing any deed or doing any act to his own prejudice, without the consent of his curator or interdictor.

Interdiction, () 2. Interdictions are of two kinds, voluntary or judicial. The first is usually executed in the form of an obligation by which the obligor binds himself to do no act which may affect his estate without the consent of certain friends or other persons therein mentioned. The latter, or judicial interdiction, is imposed by a sentence of a competent tribunal, which disqualifies the party on account of imbecility, madness, or prodigality, and deprives the person interdicted of the right to manage his affairs and receive the rents and profits of his estate.

Interdiction, () 3. The Civil Code of Louisiana makes the following provisions on this subject: Art. 382. No person above the age of majority, who is subject to an habitual state of madness or insanity, shall be allowed to take charge of his own person or to administer his estate, although such person shall, at times, appear to have the possession of his reason.

Interdiction, () 4.-383. Every relation has a right to petition for the interdiction of a relation; and so has every husband a right to petition for the interdiction of his wife, and every wife of her husband.

Interdiction, () 5.-384. If the insane person has no relations and is not married, or if his relations or consort do not act, the interdiction may be solicited by any stranger, or pronounced ex officio by the judge, after having heard the counsel of the person whose interdiction is prayed for, whom it shall be the, duty of the judge to name, if one be not already named, by the party.

Interdiction, () 385. Every interdiction shall be pronounced by the judge of the parish of the domicil or residence of the person to be interdicted.

Interdiction, () 386. The acts of madness, insanity or fury, must be proved to the satisfaction of the judge, that he may be enabled to pronounce the interdiction, and this proof may be established, as well by written as by parol evidence and the judge may moreover interrogate or cause to be interrogated by any other person commissioned by him for that purpose, the person whose interdiction is petitioned for, or cause such person to be examined by physicians, or other skillful persons, in order to obtain their report upon oath on the real situation of him who is stated to be of unsound mind.

Interdiction, () 387. Pending the issue of the petition for interdiction the judge may, if he deems it proper, appoint for the preservation of the movable, and for the administration of the immovable estate of the defendant, an administrator pro tempore.

Interdiction, () 388. Every judgment, by which an interdiction is renounced, shall be provisionally executed, notwithstanding the appeal.

Interdiction, () 389. In case of appeal, the appellate court may, if they deem it necessary, proceed to the hearing of new proofs, and question or cause to be questioned, as above provided, the person whose interdiction is petitioned for, in order to ascertain the state of his mind.

Interdiction, () 390. On every petition for interdiction, the cost shall be paid out of the estate of the defendant, if he shall be interdicted, and by the petitioner, if the interdiction prayed for shall not be pronounced.

Interdiction, () 391. Every sentence of interdiction shall be published three times, in at least two of the newspapers printed in New Orleans, or made known by advertisements at the door of the court-house of the parish of the domicil of the person interdicted, both in the French and English languages; and this duty is imposed upon him who shall be appointed curator of the person interdicted, and shall be performed within a month after the date of the interdiction, under the penalty of being answerable for all damages to such persons as may, through ignorance, have contracted with the person interdicted.

Interdiction, () 392. No petition for interdiction, if the same shall have once been rejected, shall be acted upon again, unless new facts, happening posterior to the sentence, shall be alleged.

Interdiction, () 393. The interdiction takes place from the day of presenting the

petition for the same.

Interdiction, () 394. All acts done by the person interdicted, from the date of the filing the petition for interdiction until the day when the same is pronounced, are null.

Interdiction, () 395. No act anterior to the petition for the interdiction, shall be annulled except where it shall be proved that the cause of such interdiction notoriously existed at the time when the deeds, the validity of which is contested, were made, or that the party who contracted with the lunatic or insane person, could not have been deceived as to the situation of his mind. Notoriously, in this article, means that the insanity was generally known by the persons who saw and conversed with the party.

Interdiction, () 396. After the death of a person, the validity of acts done by him cannot be contested for cause of insanity, unless his interdiction was pronounced or petitioned for, previous to the death of such person, except in cases in which mental alienation manifested itself within ten days

previous to the decease, or in which the proof of the want of reason results from the act itself which is contested.

Interdiction, () 397. Within a month, to reckon from the date of the judgment of interdiction, if there has been no appeal from the same, or if there has been an appeal, then within a month from the confirmative sentence, it shall be the duty of the judge of the parish of the domicil or residence of the person interdicted, to appoint a curator to his person and estate.

Interdiction, () 398. This appointment is made according to the same forms as the appointment to the tutorship of minors. After the appointment of the curator to the person interdicted, the duties of the administrator, pro tempore, if he shall not have been appointed curator, are at an end and he shall give an account of his administration to the curator.

Interdiction, () 399. The married woman, who is interdicted, is of course under the curatorship of her husband. Nevertheless, it is the duty of the husband, in such case, to cause to be appointed by the judge, a curator ad litem; who may appear for the wife in every case when she may have an interest in opposition to the interest of her husband, or one of a nature to be pursued or defended jointly with his.

Interdiction, () 400. The wife may be appointed curatrix to her husband, if she has, in other respects, the necessary qualifications. She is not bound to give security.

Interdiction, () 401. No one, except the husband, with respect to his wife, or wife with respect to her husband, the relations in the ascending line with respect to the relations in the descending line, and vice versa, the relations in the descending line with respect to the relations in the ascending line, can be compelled to act as curator to a person interdicted more than ten years, after which time the curator may petition for his discharge.

Interdiction, () 402. The person interdicted is, in every respect, like the minor who has not arrived at the age of puberty, both as it respects his person and estate; and the rules respecting the guardianship of the minor, concerning the oath, the inventory and the security, the mode of administering the sale of the estate, the commission on the revenues, the excuses, the exclusion or deprivation of the guardianship, mode of rendering the accounts, and the other obligations, apply with respect to the person interdicted.

Interdiction, () 403. When any of the children of the person interdicted is to be married, the dowry or advance of money to be drawn from his estate is to be regulated by the judge, with the advice of a family meeting.

Interdiction, () 404. According to the symptoms of the disease, under which the person interdicted labors, and according to the amount of his estate, the judge may order that the interdicted person he attended in his own house, or that he be placed in a bettering-house, or indeed, if he be so deranged as to be dangerous, he may order him to be confined in safe custody.

Interdiction, () 405. The income of the person interdicted shall be employed in mitigating his sufferings, and in accelerating his cure, under the penalty against the curator of being removed in case of neglect.

Interdiction, () 406. He who petitions for the interdiction of any person, and fails in obtaining such interdiction, may be prosecuted for and sentenced to pay damages, if he shall have acted from motives of interest or passion.

Interdiction, () 407. Interdiction ends with the cause which gave rise to it. Nevertheless, the person interdicted cannot resume the exercise of his rights, until after the definite judgment by which a repeal of the interdiction is pronounced.

Interdiction, () 408. Interdiction can only be revoked by the same solemnities which were observed in pronouncing it.

Interdiction, () 6.-409. Not only lunatics and idiots are liable to be interdicted, but likewise all persons who, owing to certain infirmities, are incapable of taking care of their persons and administering their estates.

Interdiction, () 7. Such persons shall be placed under the care of a curator, who shall be appointed and shall administer in conformity with the rules contained in the present chapter.

Interdiction, () 8.-410. The person interdicted cannot be taken out of the state without a judicial order, given on the recommendation of a a family meeting, and on the opinion delivered under oath of at least two physicians, that they believe the departure necessary to the health of the person interdicted.

Interdiction, () 9.-411. There shall be appointed by the judge a superintendent to the person interdicted whose duty it shall be to inform the judge, at least once in three months, of the state of the health of the person interdicted, and of the manner in which he is treated.

Interdiction, () 10. To this end, the superintendent shall have free access to the person interdicted, whenever he wishes to see him.

Interdiction, () 11.-412. It is the duty of the judge to visit the person interdicted, whenever, from the information he receives, he shall deem it expedient.

Interdiction, () 12. This visit shall be made at times when the curator is not present.

Interdiction, () 13.-413. Interdiction is not allowed on account of profligacy or prodigality. Vide Ray's Med. Jur. chap. 25; 1 Hagg. Eccl. Rep. 401; Committee; Habitual Drunkard.

Interdictive (a.) Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence. -- Milton.

Interdictory (a.) Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.

Interdigital (a.) (Anat.) Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

Interdigitate (v. t.) To interweave. [R.]

Interdigitate (v. i.) To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. -- Owen.

Interdigitate (v. i.) (像兩手手指交叉似地)叉合 (v. t.) 使叉合 To become interlocked like the fingers of folded hands.

// A finger joint is formed when the "fingers" on the ends of two boards interdigitate for a secure fit.

Interdigitation (n.) (Anat.) The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. -- Owen.

Interdome (n.) (Arch.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

Interduce (n.) (Carp.) An intertie.

Interepimeral (a.) (Zool.) Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

Interequinoctial (a.) Coming between the equinoxes.

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. -- F. Balfour.

Interess (v. t.) To interest or affect. [Obs.] -- Hooker.

Interesse (n.) Interest. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Interested (imp. & p. p.) of Interest.

Interesting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interest.

Interest (v. t.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. -- Dryden.

A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. -- Addison.

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