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-nỏ, move, nor, nôt;-tube, tub, bull;-oil;-pound;-thin, THIS.

INTERLINEATION, in-têr-lin-è-å'shun. s. Correction made by writing between the lines.

To INTERLINK, in-têr-lingk'. v. a. TO connect chains one to another, to join one in another.

INTERMEDIAL, in-tér-me'dẻ-âl, or inter-mè jè-ál. a. (294). Intervening, lying between, intervenient. INTERMEDIATE, in-têr-me'dè-åte. Intervening, interposed.-See IMMEDI

ATE.

a.

INTERLOCUTION, in-têr-lo-ku'shůn. S. INTERMEDIATELY, in-tér-mè'dè-åte-lè.

Dialogue, interchange of speech; preparatory proceeding in law. INTERLOCUTtor, in-tér-lôk'ku-tår. S. (518). Dialogist, one that talks with another.

So great is the tendency of our language to the enclitical accent, that this word, though perfectly Latin, and having the penultimate u long, has not been able to preserve the accent on that syllable. Mr. Nares is the only orthöepist who places the accent on u; Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Ash, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, Mr. Barclay, and Entick, accent the antepenultimate syllable. I prefer Mr. Nares's accentuation.-See PRO

LOCUTOR.

INTERLOCUTORY,

in-ter-lôk'ku-tur-ẻ.

a. (512). Consisting of dialogue; preparatory to decision.

For the last o, see DOMESTICK.
TO INTERLOPE, in-têr-lope'. v. n. To
run between parties and intercept the ad-
vantage that one should gain from the
other.

INTERLOPER, in-ter-lo'pår. s. (98).
One who runs into business to which he
has no right.
INTERLUCENT, in-têr-lu'sènt. a. Shin-
ing between.
INTERLUDE, in'têr-lúde. s. Something
played at the intervals of festivity, a farce.
INTERLUENCY, in-têr-lú'ên-sè. s. Wa-
ter interposited, interposition of a flood.
INTERLUNAR, in-tér-lú'nâr.
INTERLUNARY, în-tér-lù'nár-é.

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ad. (376). By way of intervention.-See
IMMEDIATE.

INTERMENT, in-tẻr'ment. s. Burial,
sepulture.
INTERMIGRATION,

in-tér-me-grå'

shún. s. Act of removing from one place to another, so as that of two parties removing, each takes the place of the other. INTERMINABLE, in-tér'me-nâ-bl. a. Immense, admitting no boundary. INTERMINATE, în-tèr'mè-nate. a. (91). Unbounded, unlimited. INTERMINATION, in-ter-mê-nà'shůn. s. Menace, threat.

TO INTERMINGLE, in-tèr-ming'gl. v. a. To mingle, to mix some things among others.

Ces

TO INTERMINGLE, in-tèr-ming'gl. v. n.
To be mixed or incorporated.
INTERMISSION, în-tér-mish'ûn. s.
sation for a time, pause, intermediate
stop; intervenient, time; state of being
intermitted; the space between the parox-
isms of a fever.

INTERMISSIVE, In-tèr-mis'siv. a. (158).
Coming by fits, not continual,
TO INTERMIT, in-têr-mit'. v. a.

Το

forbear any thing for a time, to interrupt. To INTERMIT, in-ter-mit'. v. n. Το grow mild between the fits or paroxisms. INTERMITTENT, in-tér-mit'tént. a. Coming by fits. To INTERMIX, in-têr-miks'. v. a. a. mingle, to join, to put some things among others.

Belonging to the time when the moon, about to change, is invisible. INTERMARRIAGE, in-tér-mâr'ridje. s. (90) (274). Marriage between two families, where each takes one and gives another.

To INTERMARRY, in-têr-mâr'rè. v. n.
To marry some of each family with the

other.

Το

TO INTERMIX, in-tér-miks'. v. n. Το
be mingled together.
INTERMIXTURE, in-ter-miks'tshůre. s.
(461). Mass formed by mingling bodies;
something additional mingled in a mass.
INTERMUNDANE, in-ter-mün'dåne. a.
Subsisting between worlds, or between
orb and orb.

INTERMURAL, in-ter-mu'rál. a. Lying

between walls.

S. INTERMUTUAL,

TO INTERMEDDLE, in-têr-mêd'dl. v. n.
To interpose officiously.
INTERMEDDLER, in-ter-med'dl-år.
One that interposes officiously.
INTERMEDIACY, in-têr-me'de-â-sè, or
in-têr-mé'jè-á-se. s. (293). Interpo-
sition, intervention.

in-tér-mu'tshu-âl.

Mutual, interchanged.

a.

INTERN, in-tern'. a. Inward, intestine, not foreign.

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(559)-Fåte, får, fåll, fåt;-mè, mêt;-pine, pin;-
INTERPRETER, in-ter'pré-tůr. s.

INTERNAL, in-têr'nål. a. Inward, not
external; intrinsick, not depending on ex-
ternal accidents, real.
INTERNALLY, in-têr'nâle. ad. Inward-
ly; mentally, intellectually.
INTERNECINE, in-ter-ne'sine. a. En-
deavouring mutual destruction..
INTERNECION, in-têr-né'shůn. s. Mas-
sacre, slaughter.
INTERNUNCIO, in-ter-nin’shèo.

S.

Messenger between two parties. INTERPELLATION, în-tèr-pêl-là'shûn. s. A summons, a call upon.

TO INTERPOLATE, in-têr'po-låte. v. a.
(91). To foist any thing into a place to
which it does not belong; to renew, to
begin again.

INTERPOLATION, in-ter-po-la'shun. s.
Something added or put into the original

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mediate, to act between two parties; to put in by way of interruption. INTERPOSER, in-tér-po'zår. s. (98). One that comes between others; an intervenient agent, a mediator. INTERPOSITION, in-ter-po-zish'ûn. S. Intervenient agency; mediation, agency between parties; intervention, state of being placed between two; any thing interposed.

TO INTERPRET, in-tèr'prêt. v. a.
To
explain, to translate, to decipher, to give
a solution.

INTERPRETABLE, în-tèr'prè-tâ-bl. a.
Capable of being expounded.
INTERPRETATION,

in-têr-pré-tà'shûn.

S. The act of interpreting, explanation; the sense given by any interpreter, exposition.

INTERPRETATIVE, in-têr'pre-tå-tiv. a. (512). Collected by interpretation. INTERPRETATIVELY, in-ter'prẻ-tà-tivle. ad. (512). As may be collected by interpretation.

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expositor, an expounder; a translator. INTERPUNCTION, in-ter-půngk'shůn. s. Pointing between words or sentences. INTERREGNUM, in-tér-rég'nům.

S.

The time in which a throne is vacant between the death of one prince and accession of another. INTERREIGN, in-têr-råne'. s. cy of the throne.'

Vacan

To INTERROGATE, in-têr'rò-gåte. v. a.
To examine, to question.

To INTERROGATE, in-ter'ro-gåte. v. n.
To ask, to put questions.
INTERROGATION, in-tér-rò-gå'shin. s.
A question put, an inquiry; a note that
marks a question, thus ?
INTERROGATIVE, in-ter-rôg'gå-tiv. a.
Denoting a question, expressed in a ques-
tionary form of words.
INTERROGATIVE, in-ter-rog'gå-tiv. s.
(512). A pronoun used in asking ques-
tions, as who? what?
INTERROGATIVELY,

in-têr-rôg′gå-tiv

S

lè. ad. In form of a question. INTERROGATOR, in-tér'ro-gå-tår. (521). An asker of questions. INTERROGATORY, in-ter-rôg'gå-tůr-ẻ. s. (512). A question, an inquiry.

For the last o, see DOMESTICK. INTERROGATORY, in-tér-rôg'gå-tůr-ẻ. a. (557). Containing a question, expressing a question.

TO INTERRUPT, in-tèr-růpt'. v. a. To hinder the process of any thing by breaking in upon it; to hinder one from proceeding, by interposition; to divide, to sepa

rate.

INTERRUPTEDLY, in-têr-rip'ted-lẻ. ad.
Not in continuity; not without stoppages.
INTERRUPTER, in-ter-růpt'ůr. s. (98).
He who interrupts.
INTERRUPTION, în-têr-růp'shůn. s. In-
terposition, breach of continuity; hin-
drance, stop, obstruction.
INTERSCAPULAR, in-ter-skåp'pů-lár. a.
Placed between the shoulders.
TO INTERSCIND, in-ter-sind'. v. a. To
cut off by interruption.

To INTERSCRIBE, in-ter-skribe'. v. a.
To write between.
INTERSECANT, in-têr-se'kânt. a. Di-
viding any thing into parts.

TO INTERSECT, în-têr-sêkt'. v. a. To
cut, to divide each other mutually.
To INTERSECT, in-ter-sékt'. v. n. Te
meet and cross each other.

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The act of scattering here and there. INSTERSTELLAR, în-ter-stél'lår. a. Intervening between the stars. INTERSTICE, in'tèr-stis, or in-ter'stis. s. Space between one thing and another. Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Nares, Buchanan, W. Johnston, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Barclay, place the accent on the second syllable of this word; and Dr. Johnson, Dr. Ash, Mr. Scott, Bailey, and Entick, on the first. I do not hesitate a moment to pronounce this the best accentuation: for as this word must be derived

from the noun insterstitium, and not from the verb intersto, the rule so often mentioned of changing the secondary accent of the Latin word when shortened into the principal accent of the English word must take place here.-See ACADEMY and INCOMPARABLE.

It is not easy to conjecture what could be the reason why this majority of orthöepists should be found on the side of the penultimate pronunciation of this word. It is certain that the greatest part do but copy from former Dictionaries; but when an uncouth and uncommon pronunciation is adopted, it is generally for some learned reason from the dead languages, which the common inspector is utterly incapable of conceiving. In the present instance, however, there is not the shadow of a reason, from the original Latin, why we should place the accent on the second syllable of interstice, which would not oblige us to lay the stress on the same syllable of interfere, intervene, intercourse, interval, superflux, &c.

INTERSTITIAL, în-tèr-stish'âl. a. Containing interstices, INTERTEXTURE, in-têr-têks'tshùre. s. Diversification of things mingled or woven one among another. TO INTERTWINE, in-ter-twine'. TO INTERTWIST, in-ter-twist'.

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v. a.

To unite by twisting one in another. INTERVAL, in'tér-vál. s. Space between places, interstice; time passing two

assignable points, remission of delirium or distemper.

Dr Kenrick, of all our orthöepists, is the only one who accents this word on the second syllable.

TO INTERVENE, in-têr-vène'. v. n. Το come between things or persons. INTERVENIENT, in-ter-vè'né-ént. a. Intercedent, passing between. INTERVENTION,

a.

in-têr-vẻn'shûn. Agency between persons; agency between antecedents and consecutives; interposition, the state of being interposed. TO INTERVERT, in-tér-vert'. v. a. Το

turn to another course.

INTERVIEW, in'têr-vů. s. Mutual sight, sight of each other.

TO INTERVOLVE, in-tẻr-vôlv'. v. a. To

involve one with another.

To INTERWEAVE, in-ter-weve'. v. a. Preter. Interwove; Part. pass. Interwoven, Interwove, or Interweaved. To mix one with another in a regular texture, to intermingle.

INTESTABLE, in-tès'tâ-bl. a. Disqualifi

ed to make a will.

INTESTATE, in-tës'tåte. a. (91). Want ing a will, dying without a will. INTESTINAL, in-tês'tè-nál. a. (88). Belonging to the guts.

This word is sometimes pronounced with the accent on the third syllable, because the i in intestinum is long; but Dr Johnson more properly makes it a formative of our own, from intestine; and even if we were to allow this adjective to be derived immediately from the Latin substantive of the same number of syllables, we may see in Principles, No. 503, h, how many exceptions there are to this rule, and how probable it is that this word is one. INTESTINE, in-tês'tin. a. (140). Internal, inward; contained in the body; domestick, not foreign.

INTESTINE, in-tës'tin. s. The gut, the bowel.

To INTHRAL, in-thrawl. v. a. (406). To enslave, to shackle, to reduce to servitude.

INTHRALMENT, in-thrawl'mênt. s. Servitude, slavery.

To INTHRONE, in-throne'. v. a. To raise to royalty, to seat on a throne. INTIMACY, in'té-mâ-sé. s. liarity.

Close fami

INTIMATE, in'tè-måte. a. (91). Inmost, inward, intestine; familiar, closely acquainted.

(559)-Fåte, får, fåll, fât ;-mê, mêt ;-pine, pin ;INTIMATE, in'tè-måte. s. A familiar INTRANSMUTABLE, in-trâns-mu'tå-bl. a. friend, one who is trusted with our thoughts.

TO INTIMATE, in'tè-måte. v. a. (91). To hint, to point out indirectly, or not very plainly.

INTIMATELY, in'tè-måte-lè. ad. Closely, with intermixture of parts; familiarly, with close friendship. INTIMATION, in-tè-ma'shůn. s. Hint,

obscure or indirect declaration or direction. TO INTIMIDATE, in-tlm'è-date. v. a. To make fearful, to dastardize, to make cowardly.

INTIRE, in-tire'. s. Whole, undiminished, unbroken.

INTIRENESS, in-tire'nês. s. Wholeness, integrity.

INTO, in'to. prep. Noting entrance with regard to place; noting penetration beyond the outside; noting a new state to which any thing is brought by the agency of a cause.

INTOLERABLE, in-tôl'lêr-å-bl. a. Insufferable, not to be endured; bad beyond

sufferance.

INTOLERABLENESS, în-tôl'lér-â-bl-nês. s. (554) (555). Quality of a thing not to be endured.

Not en

INTOLERABLY, în-tôl'lêr-å-blè. ad. To a
degree beyond endurance.
INTOLERANCE, in-tôl'èr-ânce. s. Want
of toleration.
INTOLERANT, in-tôl'lèr-ânt. a.
during, not able to endure.
TO INTOMB, in-tôỏm'. v. a. (347).
enclose in a funeral monument, to bury.
INTONATION,
in-to-na'shún. s. Manner
of sounding.

TO INTONE, in-tone'. v. n.
slow protracted noise.
TO INTORT, in-tôrt'. v. a.
wreath, to wring.

To

To make a

To twist, to

TO INTOXICATE, in-tôks'è-kåte. v. a.
To inebriate, to make drunk.
INTOXICATION, in-tôks-e-ka'shůn. s. In-
ebriation, the act of making drunk, the
state of being drunk.
INTRACTABLE, in-trák'tâ-bl. a. Ungo-
vernable, stubborn, obstinate; unmanage-
able, furious.

INTRACTABLENESS, in-trâk'tå-bl-nês. s.
Obstinacy, perverseness.
INTRACTABLY, in-trâk'tâ-blẻ. ad. Un-
manageably, stubbornly.

(405). Unchangeable to any other sub

stance.

TO INTREASURE, in-tréz h'ure. v. a. To lay up as in a treasury.

TO INTRENCH, in-trensh'. v. n. To invade, to encroach, to cut of part of what belongs to another; to break with hollows; to fortify with a trench. INTRENCHANT, in-trênsh'ânt. a. Not to be divided, not to be wounded, indivisible. INTRENCHMENT, in-trẻnsh'mént. s. Fortification with a trench.

INTREPID, in-trép'id. a. Fearless, daring, bold, brave.

INTREPIDITY, in-trẻ-pidé-tẻ. s. Fearlessness, courage, boldness. INTREPIDLY, in-trep'id-lė. ad. Fearlessly, boldly, daringly. INTRICACY, In'tré-ka-sé. s. State of be ing entangled, perplexity, involution. INTRICATE, in'trè-kåte. a. (91). Entangled, perplexed, involved, complicated, obscure.

To INTRICATE, in'trè-kåte. v. a. (91). To perplex, to darken. Not in use. INTRICATELY, in'tré-kate-lè. ad. With involution of one in another, with perplexity. INTRICATENESS, in'trè-kate-nès. s. Perplexity, involution, obscurity. INTRIGUE, in-trèèg'. s. (112) (337). A plot, a private transaction in which many parties are engaged; a love plot; intricacy, complication; the complication or perplexity of a fable or poem.

TO INTRIGUE, in-trèèg'. v. n. (560). To form plots, to carry on private designs; to carry on an affair of love. INTRIGUER, in-trèèg'ûr. s. (98). One who busies himself in private transactions; one who forms plots; one who pursues women. INTRIGUINGLY, in-treeging-lẻ. ad. With intrigue, with secret plotting. INTRINSICAL, In-trin'sé-kål. a. Internal, solid, natural, not accidental.

This word, derived from the Latin intrinsecus, Dr. Johnson tells us, is now, contrary to etymology, generally written INTRINSICALLY, in-trîn'sè-kâl-è. ad. Inintrinsical. ternally, naturally, really; within, at the inside.

INTRINSICK, in-trin'sik. a. Inward, internal, real, true; not depending on accident, fixed in the nature of the thing. INTRANQUILLITY, in-trân-kwil'è-tè. S. INTRINSECATE, in-trin'sè-kåte. a. "Per

Unquietness, want of rest.

plexed, Obsolete.

—no, môve, nor, nốt ;—tube, tủb, bull ;—bil ;—pound ;—thin, THIS

TO INTRODUCE, in-tró-dùse'. v. a. (376).

To conduct or usher into a place, or to a person; to bring something into notice. or practice; to produce, to give occasion; to bring into writing or discourse by proper preparatives.

INTRODUCER, in-tro-du'sůr, s. One who conducts another to a place or person; one who brings any thing into practice or

notice. INTRODUCTION, în-trò-důk'shůn. s. The act of conducting or ushering to any place or person; the act of bringing any new thing into notice or practice; the preface, or part of a book containing previous mat

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INTRODUCTORY, in-tro-důk'tůr-ė.
(512). Previous, serving as the means
to something farther.

INTROGRESSION, in-tro-grẻshủn
Entrance, the act of entering.
INTROMISSION, in-trò-mishin. S.
act of sending in.

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TO INTROMIT, in-tro-mit'. v. a. To send in, to let in, to admit, to allow to enter. TO INTROSPECT, in-tró-spekt'. v. a. TO

take a view of the inside.

INTROSPECTION, in-tro-spěkshủn. s. A

view of the inside. INTROVENIENT, tering, coming in. TO INTROVERT, în'trò-vẻrt. v. a. Το turn inwards.

in-tro-vè'né-ént. a. En

This word is not in any Dictionary I have seen, but from its real utility ought to be in all of them. It is peculiarly expressive of that act of the mind which turns our thoughts upon ourselves; and is so happily exemplified by Hannah More, in her Strictures on Female Education, as at once to show the beauty of the thought and the propriety of the expression. Speaking of that exquisite sensibility which some females plead as a reason for shunning that distress, in the removing of which it should be exerted, she says, "quisite sense of feeling which God im"planted in the heart as a stimulus to "quicken us in relieving the miseries of "others is thus introverted, and learns to "consider self as not the agent, but the "object of compassion. Tenderness is "made an excuse for being hard-hearted; "and instead of drying the weeping eyes “of others, this false delicacy reserves its "own selfish tears, for the more elegant

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TO INTRUDE, in-trỏỏd'. v.n. (176). To
come in unwelcome by a kind of violence,
to enter without invitation or permission;
to encroach, to force in uncalled or un-
permitted.

To INTRUDE, in-trood'. v. a. (339).
To force without right or welcome.
INTRUDER, in-troo'důr. s. (98). One
who forces himself into company or affairs
without right.
The act

INTRUSION, in-trôô'zhůn. s.

of thrusting or forcing any thing or person into any place or state; encroachment upon any person or place; voluntary and uncalled undertaking of any thing. INTRUSIVE, in-troo'siv. a. Intruding, coming into company without invitation.

This word has not found its way into any of our Dictionaries, except Scott's and Entick's but for its legitimacy and utility, the public ear will be a sufficient warrant, without any authority to exemplify it. To treat with confidence,to charge with any secret. Sight of INTUITION, in-tu-ish'ůn. s. any thing, immediate knowledge; knowledge not obtained by deduction of reason. INTUITIVE, in-tù'è-tív. a. Seen by the mind immediately; seeing, not barely believing; having the power of discovering truth immediately without ratiocination. INTUITIVELY, in-tu'é-tiv-lê. ad. Without deduction of reason, by immediate perception.

To INTRUST, in-trůst'. v. a.

S.

S.

INTUMESCENCE, in-tu-mes'sense.
INTUMESCENCY, în-tù-mês'sên-se. S
(510). Swell, tumour.
INTURGESCENCE, in-tur-jês'sense.
(510).Swelling,the act or state of swelling.
To twist
To INTWINE, in-twine'. v. a.
or wreath together; to encompass by
circling round it.
To attack
a country, to make a hostile entrance; to
assail, to assault.
INVADER, in-va'důr. s. (98). One who

To INVADE, in-våde'. v. a.

enters with hostility into the possessions of another; an assailant. INVALID, in-vâl'id. a. Weak, of no weight or efficacy.

One

INVALID, in-va-lèèd'. s. (112).
disabled by sickness or hurts.
To INVALIDATE, în-vâl'è-dåte. v. a. To
weaken, to deprive of force or efficacy.

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