1. Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

Epilepsies, fierce catarrhs, Intestine stone and ulcers.

Milton.

2. Internal with regard to a state or country; domestic; not foreign;

-- applied usually to that which is evil; as, intestine disorders,

calamities, etc.

Hoping here to end Intestine war in heaven, the arch foe subdued.

Milton.

An intestine struggle . . . between authority and liberty.

Hume.

3. Depending upon the internal constitution of a body or entity;

subjective.

Everything labors under an intestine necessity.

Cudworth.

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