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<blockquote>Extreme solicitude or <b>intentness</b> upon business. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inter-</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In"ter-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>inter</ets>, prep., among, between, a compar. form of <ets>in</ets> in; akin to <ets>intra</ets>, <ets>intro</ets>, within, Skr. <ets>antar</ets> between, in, and E.<ets>in</ets>. See <er>In</er>, and cf. <er>Entrails</er>, <er>Interior</er>, <er>Enter-</er>, <er>Exterior</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <i>among</i>, <i>between</i>, <i>amid</i>; <as>as, <ex>inter</ex>act, <ex>inter</ex>articular, <ex>inter</ex>mit</as>.</def>

<h1>Inter</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In*ter"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Interred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Interring</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>enteren</ets>, OF. <ets>enterer</ets>, <ets>enterrer</ets>, LL. <ets>interrare</ets>; L. pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>terra</ets> the earth. See <er>Terrace</er>.]</ety> <def>To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; <as>as, to <ex>inter</ex> a dead body</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Interact</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*act"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>inter-</ets> + <ets>act</ets>. Cf. <er>Entr'acte</er>.]</ety> <def>A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.</def>

<i>Chesterfield.</i>

<h1>Interact</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*act"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act upon each other; <as>as, two agents mutually <ex>interact</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Emerson. Tyndall.</i>

<h1>Interaction</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*ac"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Intermediate action.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mutual or reciprocal action or influence; <as>as, the <ex>interaction</ex> of the heart and lungs on each other</as>.</def>

<h1>Interadditive</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*ad"di*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.</def>

<h1>Interagency</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*a"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Intermediate agency.</def>

<h1>Interagent</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*a"gent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An intermediate agent.</def>

<h1>Interall</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In"ter*all</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Entrail or inside.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>G. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Interalveolar</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*al"ve*o*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between alveoli; <as>as, the <ex>interalveolar</ex> septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs</as>.</def>

<h1>Interambulacral</h1> <Xpage=775>

<hw>In`ter*am`bu*la"cral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the interambulacra.</def>

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