Part 5968

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; <as>as, an <ex>interest</ex> in a brewery; he has parted with his <ex>interest</ex> in the stocks.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.</def>

<blockquote>Divisions hinder the common <b>interest</b> and public good. <i>Sir W. Temple.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When <b>interest</b> calls of all her sneaking train. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; <as>as, <ex>interest</ex> at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars</as>.</def>

<blockquote>They have told their money, and let out Their coin upon large <b>interest</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.</def>

<blockquote>You shall have your desires with <b>interest</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; <as>as, the iron <ex>interest</ex>; the cotton <ex>interest</ex>.</as></def>

<cs><col>Compound interest</col>, <cd>interest, not only on the original principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it fell due.</cd> -- <col>Simple interest</col>, <cd>interest on the principal sum without interest on overdue interest.</cd></cs>

<h1>Interested</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*est*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Interest</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; <as>as, an <ex>interested</ex> listener</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; <as>as, an <ex>interested</ex> witness</as>.</def>

<h1>Interestedness</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*est*ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.</def>

<i>Richardson.</i>

<h1>Interesting</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*est*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; <as>as, an <ex>interesting</ex> story; <ex>interesting</ex> news.</as></def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Interestingly</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*est*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an interesting manner.</def>

<h1>Interestingness</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In"ter*est*ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition or quality of being interesting.</def>

<i>A. Smith.</i>

<h1>Interfacial</h1> <Xpage=777>

<hw>In`ter*fa"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Included between two plane surfaces or faces; <as>as, an <ex>interfacial</ex> angle</as>.</def>

<h1>Interfascicular</h1> <Xpage=777>