Through all its [the spirit's] intervital gloom.
Tennyson.
In`ter*vo*lu"tion (?), n. The state of being intervolved or coiled up;
a convolution; as, the intervolutions of a snake. Hawthorne.
In`ter*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intervolved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Intervolving.] [Pref. inter- + L. volvere, volutum, to roll.] To
involve one within another; to twist or coil together. Milton.
In`ter*weave" (?), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Interwove (?); p. p.
Interwoven (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Interweaving.]
1. To weave together; to intermix or unite in texture or construction;
to intertwine; as, threads of silk and cotton interwoven.
Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven.
Milton.
2. To intermingle; to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to
interweave truth with falsehood. Dryden.
Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Milton.
In`ter*wish" (?), v. t. To wish mutually in regarded to each other.
[Obs.] Donne.
In`ter*work"ing (?), n. The act of working in together; interweaving.
Milton.
In`ter*world" (?), n. A world between other worlds. Holland.
{ In`ter*wove" (?), In`ter*wov"en (?), } imp. & p. p. of Interweave.
In`ter*wreathe" (?), v. t. To weave into a wreath; to intertwine. [R.]
Lovelace.
In*tes"ta*ble (?), a. [L. intestabilis: cf. F. intestable. See In- not,
and Testable.] (Law) Not capable of making a will; not legally
qualified or competent to make a testament. Blackstone.
In*tes"ta*cy (?), n. [From Intestate.] The state of being intestate, or
of dying without having made a valid will. Blackstone.
In*tes"tate (?), a. [L. intestatus; pref. in- not + testatus, p. p. of
testari to make a will: cf. F. intestat. See Testament.]
1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die
intestate. Blackstone.
Airy succeeders of intestate joys.
Shak.
2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate
estate.
In*tes"tate, n. (Law) A person who dies without making a valid will.
Blackstone.
In*tes"ti*nal (?), a. [Cf. F. intestinal.] Of or pertaining to the
intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion;
intestinal ferments.
Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm (Zoöl.), any
species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal. The
species are numerous.
In*tes"tine (?), a. [L. intestinus, fr. intus on the inside, within,
fr. in in: cf. F. intestine. See In.]