Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TER-PLEDG'ING, ppr.

Giving and receiving as a mutual pledge.

IN-TER-POINT', v.t.

To point; to distinguish by stops or marks.

IN-TER-POINT'ED, pp.

Distinguished by stops and marks.

IN-TER-POINT'ING, ppr.

Distinguishing by stops or marks.

INTER-PO-LATE, v.t. [Fr. interpoler; L. interpolo; inter and polio, to polish.]

1. To renew; to begin again; to carry on with intermission; as, a succession of interpolated motions. [Obs.] Hale.
2. To foist in; to insert, as a spurious word or passage in a manuscript or book; to add a spurious word or passage to the original. The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by another law which was cited by Solon, or as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. Pope.

IN'TER-PO-LA-TED, pp.

Inserted or added to the original.

IN'TER-PO-LA-TING, ppr.

Foisting in a spurious word or passage.

IN-TER-PO-LA'TION, n.

1. The act of foisting a word or passage into a manuscript or book.
2. A spurious word or passage inserted in the genuine writings of an author. I have changed the situation of some of the Latin verses, and made some interpolations. Cromwell to Pope.
3. In mathematics, that branch of analysis which treats of the methods by which, when a series of quantities succeeding each other, and formed all according to some determinate law, are given, others subject to the same law may be interposed between them. Ed. Encyc.

IN'TER-PO-LA-TOR, n. [L.]

One who foists into a book or manuscript, spurious words or passages; one who adds something to genuine writings. Swift.

IN-TER-POL'ISH, v.t.

To polish between.

IN-TER-POL'ISH-ED, pp.

Polished between.

IN-TER-POL'ISH-ING, ppr.

Polishing between.

IN-TER-PONE', v.t. [L. inter and pono.]

To set or insert between. [Not in use.] Ch. Relig. Appeal.

IN-TER-POS'AL, n. [s as z. from interpose.]

1. The act of interposing; interposition; interference; agency between two persons. South.
2. Intervention; a coming or being between. Glanville.

IN-TER-POSE', n.

Interposal. [Not used.] Spenser.

IN-TER-POSE', v.i.

1. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate. The prince interposed and made peace.
2. To put in by way of interruption. But, interposes Eleutherius, this objection may be made against almost any hypothesis. Boyle.

IN-TER-POSE', v.t. [s as z. Fr. interposer; L. interpono, interpositum; inter and pono, to place.]

1. To place between; as, to interpose a body between the sun and the earth.
2. To place between or among; to thrust in; to intrude, as an obstruction, interruption or inconvenience. What watchful cares do interpose themselves / Betwixt your eyes and night. Shak. Human frailty will too often interpose itself among persons of the holiest function. Swift.
3. To offer, as aid or services, for relief or the adjustment of differences. The emperor interposed his aid or services to reconcile the contending parties. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand and rescued miserable man. Woodward.

IN-TER-POS'ED, pp.

Placed between or among; thrust in.

IN-TER-POS'ER, n.

One that interposes or comes between others; a mediator or agent between parties.

IN-TER-POS'ING, ppr.

Placing between; coming between; offering aid or services.

IN-TER-POS'IT, n.

A place of deposit between one commercial city or country and another. Mitford

IN-TER-PO-SI'TION, a. [Fr. from L. interpositio.]

1. A being, placing or coming between; intervention; as, the interposition of the Baltic sea between Germany and Sweden. The interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun occasions a solar eclipse.
2. Intervenient agency; as, the interposition of the magistrate in quieting sedition. How many evidences we have of divine interposition in favor of good men!
3. Mediation; agency between parties. By the interposition of a common friend, the parties have been reconciled.
4. Any thing interposed. Milton

IN-TER-POS'URE, n.

Interposal. [Not in use.] Glanville.

IN-TER'PRET, v.t. [L. interpreter; L. interpretor, from interpres. The word is compounded of inter and pres, pretis; but the latter is not found in its simple form, and its origin is uncertain. It coincides in elements with פרד or פרש, to part, to spread.]

1. To explain the meaning of words to a person who does not understand them; to expound; to translate unintelligible words into intelligible ones; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman. Immanuel, which being interpreted, signifies, God with us. Matth. i.
2. To explain or unfold the meaning of predictions, visions, dreams or enigmas; to expound and lay open what is concealed from the understanding; as, Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh.
3. To decipher.
4. To explain something not understood; as, to interpret looks or signs.
5. To define; to explain words by other words in the same language.

IN-TER'PRET-A-BLE, a.

That may be interpreted or explained. Collier.