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In"ter*dome` (?), n. (Arch.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

In"ter*duce (?), n. [Cf. F. entre- deux, literally, between two.] (Carp.) An intertie.

In"ter*e*pim"er*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Between the epimeral plates of insects and crustaceans.

In`ter*e`qui*noc"tial (?), a. Coming between the equinoxes.

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals.

F. Balfour.

In"ter*ess (?), v. t. [See Interest, v. t.] To interest or affect. [Obs.] Hooker.

In"ter*esse (?), n. Interest. [Obs.] Spenser.

In"ter*est (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interested (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interesting.] [From interess'd, p. p. of the older form interess, fr. F. intéresser, L. interesse. See Interest, n.]

1. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men.

Dryden.

A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages.

Addison.

2. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. [Obs.]

Or rather, gracious sir, Create me to this glory, since my cause Doth interest this fair quarrel.

Ford.

3. To cause or permit to share. [Obs.]

The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.

Hooker.

Syn. -- To concern; excite; attract; entertain; engage; occupy; hold.

In"ter*est, n. [OF. interest, F. intérêt, fr. L. interest it interests, is of interest, fr. interesse to be between, to be difference, to be importance; inter between + esse to be; cf. LL. interesse usury. See Essence.]

1. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.

Interest expresses mental excitement of various kinds and degrees. It may be intellectual, or sympathetic and emotional, or merely personal; as, an interest in philosophical research; an interest in human suffering; the interest which an avaricious man takes in money getting.

So much interest have I in thy sorrow.

Shak.

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2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.