Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-TER-TWIN'ING-LY, adv.

By intertwining or being intertwined.

IN-TER-TWIST', v.t. [inter and twist.]

To twist one with another.

IN-TER-TWIST'ED, pp.

Twisted one with another.

IN-TER-TWIST'ING, ppr.

Twisting one with another.

IN-TER-TWIST'ING-LY, adv.

By intertwisting or being intertwisted.

IN'TER-VAL, n. [Fr. intervalle; L. intervallum; inter and vallum, a wall, or vallus, a stake.]

1. A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two pickets or palisades, between two houses or walls, or between two mountains or hills.
2. Space of time between any two points or events; as, the interval between the death of Charles I. of England and the accession of Charles II.; the interval between two wars. Hence we say, an interval of peace.
3. The space of time between two paroxysms of disease, pain, or delirium; remission; as, an interval of ease, of peace, of reason.
4. The distance between two given sounds in music, or the difference in point of gravity or acuteness. Encyc.
5. A tract of low or plain ground between hills, or along the banks of rivers, usually alluvial land enriched by the overflowings of rivers, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Hutchinson. [Dr. Belknap writes this intervale; I think improperly.]

IN-TER-VEIN'ED, a. [inter and vein.]

Intersected as with veins. Fair champaign with less rivers intertwined. Milton.

IN-TER-VENE', n.

A coming between. [Not used.] Wotton.

IN-TER-VENE', v.i. [L. intervenio; inter and venio, to come.]

1. To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between. Thus the Atlantic intervenes between Europe and America; the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
2. To come between points of time or events; as, the period that intervened between the treaty of Ryswick, and the treaty of Utrecht.
3. To happen in a way to disturb, cross or interrupt. Events may intervene to frustrate our purposes or wishes.
4. To interpose or undertake voluntarily for another. A third party may intervene and accept a bill of exchange for another.

IN-TER-VEN'IENT, a.

Coming or being between; intercedent; interposed. [Little used.] Bacon.

IN-TER-VEN'ING, ppr.

or a. Coming or being between persons or things, or between points of time; as, intervening space or time; intervening events or misfortunes; intervening peace.

IN-TER-VEN'TION, n. [Fr. from L. interventio.]

1. A state of coming or being between; interposition. Light is not interrupted by the intervention of a transparent body.
2. Agency of persons between persons; interposition; mediation; any interference that may affect the interests of others. Let us decide our quarrels at home without the intervention of a foreign power. Temple.
3. Agency of means or instruments; as, effects are produced by the intervention of natural causes.
4. Interposition in favor of another; a voluntary undertaking of one party for another. A bill of exchange may be accepted by the intervention of a third person in behalf of the drawer or of one of the indorsers. French Commercial Code. Walsh.

IN-TER-VENT'OR, n. [L.]

A mediator; a person anciently designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers. Coleman.

IN-TER-VEN'UE, n. [Fr. intervenu.]

Interposition. [Not used.] Blount.

IN-TER-VERT', v.t. [L. interverto; inter and verto, to turn.]

To turn to another course or to another use. [Little used.] Wotton.

IN'TER-VIEW, n. [inter and view; Fr. entrevue.]

A mutual sight or view; a meeting; usually a formal meeting for some conference on an important subject; hence the word implies a conference or mutual communication of thoughts. The envoy had an interview with the king or with the secretary of foreign affairs. The parties had an interview and adjusted their differences.

IN-TER-VOLVE', v.t. [intervolv'; L. intervolvo; inter and volvo, to roll.]

To involve one within another. Milton.

IN-TER-VOLV'ED, pp.

Involved one within another; wrapped together.

IN-TER-VOLV'ING, ppr.

Involving one within another.

IN-TER-WEAVE', v.t. [pret. interwove; pp. interwoven. inter and weave.]

1. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
2. To intermix; to set among or together; as, a covert of interwoven trees.
3. To intermingle; to insert together; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.

IN-TER-WEAV'ING, n.

Intertexture. Milton.

IN-TER-WEAV'ING, ppr.

Weaving together.

IN-TER-WISH', v.t. [inter and wish.]

To wish mutually to each other. [Little used.] Donne.

IN-TER-WISH'ED, pp.

Wished mutually.

IN-TER-WORK'ING, n.

The act of working together.