Intent (a.) Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, but now with on; as, intent on business or pleasure.
Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.
Intentation (n.) Intention.
Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Intention (n.) A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York.
Intention (n.) The object toward which the thoughts are directed; end; aim.
Intention (n.) The state of being strained. See Intension.
Intention (n.) Any mental apprehension of an object.
Intentional (a.) Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental.
Intentionality (n.) The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.
Intentionally (adv.) In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.
Intentioned (a.) Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.
Intentive (n.) Attentive; intent.
Intentively (adv.) Attentively; closely.
Intentiveness (n.) Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.
Intently (adv.) In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.
Intentness (n.) The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.
Inter- () A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.
Interred (imp. & p. p.) of Inter
Interring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inter
Inter (v. t.) To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.
Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.
Interact (v. i.) To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.
Interaction (n.) Intermediate action.
Interaction (n.) Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; as, the interaction of the heart and lungs on each other.
Interadditive (a.) Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.
Interagency (n.) Intermediate agency.
Interagent (n.) An intermediate agent.
Interall (n.) Entrail or inside.
Interalveolar (a.) Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.
Interambulacral (a.) Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.
Interambulacra (pl. ) of Interambulacrum
Interambulacrums (pl. ) of Interambulacrum
Interambulacrum (n.) In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.
Interamnian (a.) Situated between rivers.
Interanimate (v. t.) To animate or inspire mutually.
Interarboration (n.) The interweaving of branches of trees.
Interarticular (a.) Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
Interatomic (a.) Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.
Interaulic (a.) Existing between royal courts.
Interauricular (a.) Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.
Interaxal (a.) Situated in an interaxis.
Interaxillary (a.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves.
Interaxes (pl. ) of Interaxis
Interaxis (n.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.
Interbastation (n.) Patchwork.
Interbrachial (a.) Between the arms.
Interbrain (n.) See Thalamencephalon.
Interbranchial (a.) Between the branchiae.
Interbreed (v. t. & i.) To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.
Intercalar (a.) Intercalary.
Intercalary (a.) Inserted or introduced among others in the calendar; as, an intercalary month, day, etc.; -- now applied particularly to the odd day (Feb. 29) inserted in the calendar of leap year. See Bissextile, n.
Intercalary (n.) Introduced or inserted among others; additional; supernumerary.
Intercalated (imp. & p. p.) of Intercalate
Intercalating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercalate
Intercalate (v. t.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar.
Intercalate (v. t.) To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks.
Intercalation (n.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar.
Intercalation (n.) The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers.
Intercarotid (a.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.
Intercarpal (a.) Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.
Intercartilaginous (a.) Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
Intercavernous (a.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.
Interceded (imp. & p. p.) of Intercede
Interceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercede
Intercede (v. i.) To pass between; to intervene.
Intercede (v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you.
Intercede (v. t.) To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
Intercedence (n.) The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.
Intercedent (a.) Passing between; mediating; pleading.
Interceder (n.) One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
Intercellular (a.) Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.
Intercentral (a.) Between centers.
Intercentra (pl. ) of Intercentrum
Intercentrum (n.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebrae in some fossil batrachians.
Intercepted (imp. & p. p.) of Intercept
Intercepting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Intercept
Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
Intercept (v. t.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
Intercept (n.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
Intercepter (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts.
Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.
Interceptive (a.) Intercepting or tending to intercept.
Intercession (n.) The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.
Intercessional (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.
Intercessionate (v. t.) To entreat.
Intercessor (n.) One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another.
Intercessor (n.) A bishop, who, during a vacancy of the see, administers the bishopric till a successor is installed.
Intercessorial (a.) Intercessory.
Intercessory (a.) Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.
Interchained (imp. & p. p.) of Interchain
Interchaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchain
Interchain (v. t.) To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.
Interchanged (imp. & p. p.) of Interchange
Interchanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interchange
Interchange (v. t.) To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.
Interchange (v. t.) To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
Interchange (v. i.) To make an interchange; to alternate.