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<h1>Intermure</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*mure"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intermured</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intermuring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>inter-</ets> + L. <ets>murus</ets> wall.]</ety> <def>To wall in; to inclose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Intermuscular</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*mus"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Between muscles; <as>as, <ex>intermuscular</ex> septa</as>.</def>

<h1>Intermutation</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*mu*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.</def>

<h1>Intermutual</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In`ter*mu"tu*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Mutual.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Daniel</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>In`ter*mu"tu*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Intern</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In*tern"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>internus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>interne</ets>. See <er>Internal</er>.]</ety> <def>Internal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Howell.</i>

<h1>Intern</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In*tern"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>interne</ets>. See <er>Intern</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or country; to confine to one locality; <as>as, to <ex>intern</ex> troops which have fled for refuge to a neutral country</as>.</def>

<h1>Internal</h1> <Xpage=778>

<hw>In*tern"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>internus</ets>; akin to <ets>interior</ets>. See <er>Interior</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to <i>external</i>; <as>as, the <ex>internal</ex> parts of a body, or of the earth</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; <as>as, the <ex>internal</ex> evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to <i>foreign</i>; <as>as, <ex>internal</ex> trade; <ex>internal</ex> troubles or war.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.</def>

<blockquote>With our Savior, <b>internal</b> purity is everything. <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Intrinsic; inherent; real.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The <b>internal</b> rectitude of our actions in the sight of God. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.</def>

<cs><col>Internal angle</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>an interior angle. See under <er>Interior</er>.</cd> -- <col>Internal gear</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.</syn>

<h1>Internality</h1> <Xpage=779>

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