Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 64

Intertwiningly (adv.) By intertwining or being intertwined.

Intertwist (v. t.) To twist together one with another; to intertwine.

Intertwistingly (adv.) By intertwisting, or being intertwisted.

Interungular (a.) Alt. of Interungulate

Interungulate (a.) Between ungulae; as, interungular glands.

Interval (n.) A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

Interval (n.) 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.

Interval (n.) A brief space of time between the recurrence of similar conditions or states; as, the interval between paroxysms of pain; intervals of sanity or delirium.

Interval (n.) Difference in pitch between any two tones.

Interval (n.) Alt. of Intervale

Intervale (n.) A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7.

Intervallums (pl. ) of Intervallum

Intervalla (pl. ) of Intervallum

Intervallum (n.) An interval.

Intervary (v. i.) To alter or vary between; to change.

Interveined (a.) Intersected, as with veins.

Intervened (imp. & p. p.) of Intervene

Intervening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervene

Intervene (v. i.) To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.

Intervene (v. i.) To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

Intervene (v. t.) To come between.

Intervene (n.) A coming between; intervention; meeting.

Intervener (n.) One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

Intervenience (n.) Alt. of Interveniency

Interveniency (n.) Intervention; interposition.

Intervenient (a.) Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.

Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Intervention (n.) The act of intervening; interposition.

Intervention (n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation.

Intervention (n.) The act by which a third person, to protect his own interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between other parties.

Interventor (n.) One who intervenes; a mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.

Interventricular (a.) Between the ventricles; as, the interventricular partition of the heart.

Intervenue (n.) Interposition.

Intervert (v. t.) To turn to another course or use.

Intervertebral (a.) Between vertebrae.

Interview (n.) A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President.

Interview (n.) A conservation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited.

Interview (v. t.) To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication.

Interviewer (n.) One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication.

Interviewing (n.) The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews.

Intervisible (a.) Mutually visible, or in sight, the one from the other, as stations.

Intervisit (v. i.) To exchange visits.

Intervital (a.) Between two lives.

Intervolution (n.) The state of being intervolved or coiled up; a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake.

Intervolved (imp. & p. p.) of Intervolve

Intervolving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intervolve

Intervolve (v. t.) To involve one within another; to twist or coil together.

Interwove (imp. & obs. p. p.) of Interweave

Interwoven (p. p.) of Interweave

Interweaving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interweave

Interweave (v. t.) To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction; to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.

Interweave (v. t.) To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood.

Interwish (v. t.) To wish mutually in regarded to each other.

Interworking (n.) The act of working in together; interweaving.

Interworld (n.) A world between other worlds.

Interwove () Alt. of Interwoven

Interwoven () imp. & p. p. of Interweave.

Interwreathe (v. t.) To weave into a wreath; to intertwine.

Intestable (a.) Not capable of making a will; not legally qualified or competent to make a testament.

Intestacy (n.) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.

Intestate (a.) Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate.

Intestate (a.) Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate.

Intestate (n.) A person who dies without making a valid will.

Intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments.

Intestine (a.) Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

Intestine (a.) Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign; -- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders, calamities, etc.

Intestine (a.) Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity; subjective.

Intestine (a.) Shut up; inclosed.

Intestines (pl. ) of Intestine

Intestine (a.) That part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Intestine (a.) The bowels; entrails; viscera.

Intext (n.) The text of a book.

Intextine (n.) A thin membrane existing in the pollen grains of some plants, and situated between the extine and the intine, as in /nothera.

Intextured (a.) Inwrought; woven in.

Inthirst (v. t.) To make thirsty.

Inthralled (imp. & p. p.) of Inthrall

Inthralling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inthrall

Inthrall (v. t.) To reduce to bondage or servitude; to make a thrall, slave, vassal, or captive of; to enslave.

Inthrallment (n.) Act of inthralling, or state of being inthralled; servitude; bondage; vassalage.

Inthrone (v. t.) Same as Enthrone.

Inthrong (v. i.) To throng or collect together.

Inthronization (n.) Enthronement.

Inthronize (v. t.) To enthrone.

Intice (v. t.) See Entice.

Intimacies (pl. ) of Intimacy

Intimacy (n.) The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.

Intimate (a.) Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

Intimate (a.) Near; close; direct; thorough; complete.

Intimate (a.) Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.

Intimate (n.) An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.

Intimated (imp. & p. p.) of Intimate

Intimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intimate

Intimate (a.) To announce; to declare; to publish; to communicate; to make known.

Intimate (a.) To suggest obscurely or indirectly; to refer to remotely; to give slight notice of; to hint; as, he intimated his intention of resigning his office.

Intimately (adv.) In an intimate manner.

Intimation (n.) The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.

Intimation (n.) Announcement; declaration.

Intimation (n.) A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.

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