Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TERROREM, adv. [In terrorem; L.]

For a terror or warning.

IN-TER-RUPT', a.

Broken; containing a chasm. Milton.

IN-TER-RUPT', v.t. [L. interrumpo, interruptus; inter and rumpo, to break.]

1. To stop or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of any thing; to break the current or motion of; as, a fall of rain interrupted our journey. There was not a tree nor a bush to interrupt the charge of the enemy. The speaker was interrupted by shouts of acclamation. We apply the word both to the agent and to his progress. We say, an alarm interrupted the speaker, or his argument or discourse.
2. To divide; to separate; to break continuity or a continued series. The road was on a plain, not interrupted by a single hill, or interrupted here and there by a hill.

IN-TER-RUPT'ED, a.¹

Broken; intermitted.

IN-TER-RUPT'ED, a.²

In botany, when smaller leaflets are interposed among the larger ones, in a pinnate leaf.

IN-TER-RUPT'ED, pp.

Stopped; hindered from proceeding.

IN-TER-RUPT'ED-LY, adv.

With breaks or interruptions. Boyle.

IN-TER-RUPT'ER, n.

One that interrupts.

IN-TER-RUPT'ING, ppr.

Hindering by breaking in upon.

IN-TER-RUP'TION, n. [Fr. from L. interruptio.]

1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon progression.
2. Breach of any thing extended; interposition; as, an isle separated from the continent by the interruption of the sea. Hale.
3. Intervention; interposition. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden.
4. Stop; hinderance; obstruction caused by breaking in upon any course, current, progress or motion. An interruption may be temporary or durable. The work of the Erie canal has suffered few interruptions from storms and floods. The lava met with no interruption till it descended to the foot of the mountain. The author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work. The speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption.
5. Stop; cessation; intermission. Locke.

IN-TER-RUPT'IVE, a.

Tending to interrupt.

IN-TER-RUPT'IVE-LY, adv.

By interruption.

IN-TER-SCAP'U-LAR, a. [L. inter and scapula, the shoulder-blade.]

Situated between the shoulder-blades.

IN-TER-SCIND', v.t. [inter and scindo.]

To cut off. Dict.

IN-TER-SCIND'ED, pp.

Cut off.

IN-TER-SCIND'ING, ppr.

Cutting off.

IN-TER-SCRIBE', v.t. [L. inter and scribo.]

To write between. Dict.

IN-TER-SCRIB'ED, pp.

Written between.

IN-TER-SCRIB'ING, ppr.

Writing between.

IN-TER-SE'CANT, a. [L. intersecans; interseco; inter and seco, to cut.]

Dividing into parts; crossing. Dict.

IN-TER-SECT', v.i.

To meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect. [This is elliptical.]

IN-TER-SECT', v.t. [L. interseco; inter, between, and seco, to cut.]

To cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts. Thus two lines or two planes may intersect each other. The ecliptic intersects the equator.

IN-TER-SECT'ED, pp.

Cut or divided into parts; crossed.

IN-TER-SECT'ING, ppr.

Cutting; crossing; as lines.

IN-TER-SEC'TION, n. [L. intersectio.]

1. The act or state of intersecting.
2. The point or line in which two lines or two planes cut each other.