Dictionary: IN-TER-SEM'I-NATE – IN-TER-TWIN'ING

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IN-TER-SEM'I-NATE, v.t. [L. interseminatus; inter, between, and semino, to sow.]

To sow between or among. [Little used.]

IN-TER-SERT', v.t. [L. intersero; inter, between, and sero, to throw.]

To set or put in between other things. Brerewood.

IN-TER-SERT'ED, pp.

Put in between other things.

IN-TER-SERT'ING, ppr.

Putting in between other things.

IN-TER-SER'TION, n.

An insertion or thing inserted between other things. Hammond.

IN'TER-SPACE, n. [inter and apace.]

A space between other things.

IN-TER-SPERSE', v.t. [interspers'; L. interspersus; inter, between, and spargo, to scatter.]

To scatter or set here and there among other things; as, an able argument interspersed with flowers of rhetoric. Intersperse shrubs among trees.

IN-TER-SPERS'ED, pp.

Scattered or situated here and there among other things.

IN-TER-SPERS'ING, ppr.

Scattering here and there among other things.

IN-TER-SPER'SION, n.

The act of scattering or setting here and there among other things.

IN-TER-STEL'LAR, a. [L. inter and stella, a star.]

Situated beyond the solar system. Bacon.

IN'TER-STICE, n. [Fr. from L. interstitium; inter and sto, to stand.]

  1. A space between things; but chiefly, a narrow or small space between things closely set, or the parts which compose a body. We speak of the interstices between the parts of wood or stone.
  2. Time between one act and another. Ayliffe.

IN-TER-STINCT'IVE, a.

Distinguishing. [Not used.] Wallis.

IN-TER-STI'TIAL, a.

Pertaining to or containing interstices. Encyc.

IN-TER-STRA'TI-FI-ED, a.

Stratified among or between other bodies. Encyc.

IN-TER-TALK', v.t. [intertauk'.]

To exchange conversation. [Not used.] Carew.

IN-TER-TAN'GLE, v.t.

To intertwist; to entangle. Beaum.

IN-TER-TEX'TURE, a. [L. intertextus; inter and texo, to weave.]

The act of interweaving, or the state of things interwoven. More.

IN'TER-TIE, or IN'TER-DUCE, n.

In carpentry, a small timber between summers.

IN-TER-TIS'SU-ED, a.

Wrought with joint tissue. Everest.

IN-TER-TRAN-SPIC'U-OUS, a.

Transpicuous within or between.

IN-TER-TROP'IC-AL, a. [inter and tropical.]

Situated between the tropics. J. Morse.

IN-TER-TWINE', v.t. [inter and twine.]

To unite by twining or twisting one with another. Milton.

IN-TER-TWIN'ED, pp.

Twined or twisted one with another.

IN-TER-TWIN'ING, ppr.

Twining one with another.