Milton.
Syn. -- To mediate; arbitrate. See Interpose.
In`ter*cede", v. t. To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.
[Obs.] Sir I. Newton.
In`ter*ced"ence (?), n. The act of interceding; intercession;
intervention. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.
In`ter*ced"ent, a. [L. intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere.] Passing
between; mediating; pleading. [R.] -- In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.
In`ter*ced"er (?), n. One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.
Johnson.
In`ter*cel"lu*lar (?), a. Lying between cells or cellules; as,
intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood
channels.
In`ter*cen"tral (?), a. Between centers.
Intercentral nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which transmit impulses
between nerve centers, as opposed to peripheral fibers, which convey
impulses between peripheral parts and nerve centers.
||In`ter*cen"trum (?), n.; pl. Intercentra (&?;). (Anat.) The median of
||the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in some
||fossil batrachians.
||
In`ter*cept" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Intercepting.] [L. interceptus, p. p. of intercipere to intercept;
inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See
Capable.]
1. 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.
God will shortly intercept your breath.
Joye.
2. To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or
oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
Who intercepts me in my expedition?
Shak.
We must meet first, and intercept his course.
Dryden.
3. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as
the destination; to blockade.
While storms vindictive intercept the shore.
Pope.
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4. (Math.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is
intercepted between the points A and B.
Syn. -- To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
In"ter*cept` (?), n. (Math.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a
portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight
lines or curves.
In`ter*cept"er (?), n. One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak.
In`ter*cep"tion (?), n. [L. interceptio a taking away: cf. F.
interception.] The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter;
interception of the enemy.
In`ter*cept"ive (?), a. Intercepting or tending to intercept.
In`ter*ces"sion (?), n. [L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming
surety: cf. F. intercession. See Intercede.] 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.
But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings
which can not be uttered.
Rom. viii. 26.
In`ter*ces"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or
characterized by, intercession or entreaty.