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Intent

The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim.

Intentional

Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. Opposite of unintentional or unintended.

Intentionality

The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.

Intentionally

In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose.

Intentioned

Having designs; -- chiefly used in composition; as, well-intentioned, having good designs; ill-intentioned, having ill designs.

Intentiveness

Closeness of attention or application of mind; attentiveness.

Intently

In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed.

Intentness

The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

Inter

To deposit and cover in the earth; to bury; to inhume; as, to inter a dead body.

Interact

To act upon each other; as, two agents mutually interact.

Interadditive

Added or placed between the parts of another thing, as a clause inserted parenthetically in a sentence.

Interalveolar

Between alveoli; as, the interalveolar septa between adjacent air cells in the lungs.

Interambulacrum

In echinoderms, one of the areas or zones intervening between two ambulacra. See Illust. of Ambulacrum.

Interarticular

Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.

Interatomic

Between atoms; situated, or acting, between the atoms of bodies; as, interatomic forces.

Interauricular

Between the auricles; as, the interauricular partition of the heart.

Interaxis

The space between two axes. See Axis, 6.

Interbreed

To breed by crossing different stocks of animals or plants.

Intercarotid

Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion.

Intercarpal

Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.

Intercavernous

Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain.

Intercede

To be, to come, or to pass, between; to separate.

Intercedence

The act of interceding; intercession; intervention.

Interceder

One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.

Intercellular

Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.

Intercentrum

The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebr/ in some fossil batrachians.

Intercept

A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.

Interception

The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.

Intercession

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.

Intercessional

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession or entreaty.

Intercessory

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer.

Interchain

To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.

Intercidence

The act or state of coming or falling between; occurrence; incident.

Intercident

Falling or coming between; happening accidentally.

Intercipient

Intercepting; stopping. One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage.

Intercision

A cutting off, through, or asunder; interruption.

Interclavicular

Between the clavicles; as, the interclavicular notch of the sternum. Of or pertaining to the interclavicle.

Interclude

To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.

Intercollegiate

Existing or carried on between colleges or universities; as, intercollegiate relations, rivalry, games, etc.

Intercolline

Situated between hills; -- applied especially to valleys lying between volcanic cones.

Intercolonial

Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies; as, intercolonial trade.

Intercolumnar

Between columns or pillars; as, the intercolumnar fibers of Poupart's ligament; an intercolumnar statue.

Intercolumniation

The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts.

Intercoming

The act of coming between; intervention; interference.

Intercommunity

Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc.

Intercontinental

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Interconvertible

Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

Intercostal

Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

Intercourse

A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

Intercrop

A crop grown among or between the rows of another crop; a catch crop.

Intercross

The process or result of cross fertilization between different kinds of animals, or different varieties of plants.

Intercrural

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

Intercur

To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime.

Interdash

To dash between or among; to intersperse.

Interdenominational

Occurring between or among, or common to, different denominations; as, interdenominational fellowship or belief.

Interdental

Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

Interdiction

The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

Interdictive

Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence.

Interdigital

Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

Interdigitate

To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle.

Interdome

The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.

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