intercalation 
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the calendar, to make the year of the intercentra, . Plural of mtercentrnm. 
gth. See intercalary, 1. intercentral (m-ter-sen'tral), a. [< tterce- 
. <r + -ai.] Passing between or connecting 
intercalare, intercalate: see intercalate.] 1. 
In chron., an official insertion of additional 
time, as a day or a month, in the regular reck- 
oning of th 
right leni 
The number of days required to bring the lunar year into 
correspondence with the solar had been supplied by ir- 
regular intercalations at the direction of the Sacred Col- 
lege. Froude, Cfflsar, p. 472. 
Hence 2. The insertion of anything between 
other things; irregular interposition or inter- 
jection, as, in geology, the intrusion of layers 
or beds between the regular rocks of a series. 
Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. 
Mantell. 
Effective scale Of Intercalations, in math. See effec- 
tive. 
intercalative (in-ter'ka-la-tiv), a. [< interca- 
late + -ive.] Tending to intercalate; that in- 
tercalates; inphilol., same as incorporative. 
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Experience, however, has shown the rate of increase of 
the London population to have been very steady in previ- 
ous intercensat periods. The Lancet, No. 3436, p. 26. 
] Passing between or connecting 
centers; situated between vertebral centra; 
having the character of an intercentrum. 
Intercentral Nerve-Fibres. These, which do not convey 
impulses to or from peripheral parts and nerve-centres, 
but connect one centre with another, form a final group 
in addition to eif erent and afferent nerve-fibres. 
Martin, Human Body (3d ed.), p. 187. 
intercentrum (in-ter-sen'trum), n. ; pi. inter- 
centra (-tra). [NL., < L. inter, between, + 
interchange 
intercessions, < L. intercessio(n-), a coming be- 
tween, intervention, intercession, < intercedere, 
pp. intercessus, come between, intercede: see 
intercede.] 1. The act of interceding ; media- 
tion; interposition between parties; solicita- 
tion or entreaty in behalf of, or sometimes 
against, a person or an action. 
And when he was in tribulacion, he besought the Lorde 
hys God, and humbled hymselfe exceadynglie before the 
God of his fathers, and made intercession to tiyni. 
Bible of 1561, 2 Chron. xxxiii. 13. 
His perpetual intercession for us (which is an article of 
faith contained In plainest words of Holy Scripture) does 
not interfere with that one atonement made upon the 
Cross. Pusey, Eirenicon, p. 35. 
centrum, center (centrum).] In anat., an inter- 3. In liturgies, a petition or group of petitions 
mpHinrp vprtpHral />ATirTnm a. ppnt.nmn int.Ar- * 1 ~e ,_j -5i 7_ _ AI. _ 
mediate vertebral centrum; a centrum inter- 
polated between two others, as in the extinct 
batrachian order Ganocephala. Such a centrum oc- 
cupies the position, and to some extent has the relations, 
of the intervertebral substance of ordinary vertebra. 
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intercanal (m*ter-ka-nal ), n. [< inter- + ca- intercept (in-ter-sepf), v. t. [< F. interceptor 
In sponges, an incurrent canal. 
These canals are the intercanals of Haeckel, now gener- 
ally known by their older name of incurrent canals. 
Encyc. Brit., XXII. 413. 
intercarotic (in"ter-ka-rot'ik), a. [< inter- + 
carot(id) + -ic.] Situated between the exter- 
nal and internal carotid arteries: as, the in- 
tercarotic ganglion or glandule. See ganglion. 
This gland [Luschka's] should be considered as an arte- 
rial gland, of which the intercarotic ganglion is another 
example. Balden, Anat. (1886), p. 607. 
intercarotid (in"ter-ka-rot'id), a. [< inter- + 
carotid.] Same as intercarotic. 
intercarpal (in-t&r-kar'pal), a. [< inter- + car- 
pus + -al.] Situated between or among carpal 
bones: as, intercarpal ligaments. 
intercede (in-t6r-sed'), v. ; pret. and pp. inter- 
ceded, ppr. interceding. [= F. intereeder = Sp. 
Pg. intereeder = It. intercedere, < L. intercedere, 
come between, intervene, interpose, become 
surety, etc., < inter, between, + cedere, go : see 
cede.] I. intrans. If. To come between; pass 
or occur intermediately; intervene. 
Miserable losses and continual had the English, by their 
frequent eruptions, from this time till the Norman con- 
quest : 'twixt which intercedes two hundred and seventy- 
nine years. 
Selden, Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, L 
2. To make intercession ; act between parties 
with a view to reconcile those who differ or con- 
tend; plead in favor of another; interpose; 
mediate : followed by with, formerly sometimes 
by to. 
I to the lords will intercede. Milton, S. A., 1. 920. 
She being certainly informed, that they first sued to the 
French K. for help, denied the Request, yet promised to 
intercede earnestly with the K. of Spain for Peace. 
= Sp. Pg. interceptar = It. intercettare, < L. 
tercipere, pp. interceptus, take between, inter- 
cept, < inter, between, + capere, take : see ca- 
pabte.] 1. To take or seize by the way; inter- 
rupt the passage or the course of; bring to a 
halt or a stop: as, to intercept a letter or a mes- 
senger; to intercept rays of light. 
I then . . . 
March'd toward Saint Alban's to intercept the queen. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1, 114. 
I believe in my conscience I intercept many a thought 
which heaven intended for another man. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, viii. 11. 
If we take any gas, such as oxygen, and pass light 
through it, we find that that gas intercepts, or weakens, cer- 
tain particular colors. W. K. Clifford,, Lectures, I. 169. 
2. To interrupt connection with or relation to ; 
for various orders of men and classes in the 
church, whether living or departed; a form of 
conjoint or mutual prayer for or with the liv- 
ing, the departed, saints, and angels Great In- 
tercession, in liturgies, the intercession in the canon of 
the liturgy, as distinguished from intercessions outside 
the canon. Intercession of Christ, the pleading of 
Christ with God In heaven on behalf of the redeemed 
(Heb. vii. 25). Intercession of saints, prayer offered 
in behalf of Christians living on earth by saints that is, 
by the faithful departed in the intermediate state or in 
heaven (especially those canonized as saints) and by an- 
gels. The doctrine of the intercession of saints was gener- 
ally believed in among the Jews and early Christians, and 
is authoritatively taught by the Orthodox Greek and other 
_ Oriental churches and by the Human Catholic Chnrch. 
intercessional (iu-ter-sesh'on-al), a. [< inter- 
cession + -al.] Of, pertaining to, or containing 
intercession or entreaty: as, an intercessional 
hymn. 
intercessionatet (in-ter-sesh'on-at), v. t. [< in- 
tercession + -ate 2 .] To intercede with. [Bare.] 
To intercessionate God for his recovery. 
Nash, Terrors of the Night. 
cut or shut off by interposition or interference ; intercessor (in-ter-ses'or), n. [= F. intercessevr 
obstruct : as, to intercept one's view or outlook. 
We must meet first and intercept his course. Dryden. 
From the dry fields thick clouds of dust arise, 
Shade the black host, and intercept the skies. 
Pope, Iliad, xi. 196. 
3f. To interrupt; break off; put an end to. 
To intercept this inconvenience, 
A piece of ordnance 'gainst it I have plac'd. 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., L 4, 14. 
God will shortly intercept your brethe. 
Joye, Expos, of Daniel, x. 
4. In math., to hold, include, or comprehend. 
Right ascension is an arc of the equator, reckoning to- 
ward the east> intercepted between the beginning of Aries 
and the point of the equator which rises at the same time 
with the sun or star in a right sphere. Bailey. 
Intercepted axis, in geom., the abscissa. intercept- 
ing trochanter, a trochanter intervening between the 
coxa and the femur so as to separate them entirely. 
Il.t trans. To pass between 
Those superficies reflect the gn 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 351. intercept (in'ter-sept), M. [< intercept, v.] That . called in terventor. 
reen. which is intercepted ; specifically, in geom., the mtercessorial (in 
;reatest quantity of light part of a line lying between the two points at cess , or y + -<] 
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= Sp. intercesor = Pg. 'intercessor = It. interces- 
sore, < L. intercessor, one who intervenes, a me- 
diator, surety, fulfiller, performer, etc., < inter- 
cedere, pp. intercessus, intervene, intercede : see 
intercede.] 1. One who intercedes or makes 
intercession, especially with the stronger for 
the weaker; a person who pleads with one in 
behalf of another, or endeavors to reconcile 
parties at variance ; a mediator. 
Christ doth remain everlastingly a gracious intercessor, 
even for every particular penitent. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vt 6. 
The generality of the Moos'lims regard their deceased 
saints as intercessors with the Deity. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 304. 
2. Eccles., in the early African Church, an offi- 
cer who during a vacancy of a see administered 
the bishopric till a successor was elected. Also 
called in terventor. 
ter-se-so'ri-al), a. [< inter- 
Pertaining to an intercessor or 
which have the greatest refracting power ; that is, which which it is intersected by two other lines bv . to intercession ; intercessory. [Bare.] 
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intercede mediums that differ most in their refractive den- 
eitii 
intercedencet (in-ter-se'dens), n. 
+ -ence.] Intercession;"' 
mediation. 
inter- 
Without the intercedence of any organ. 
Bp. Reynolds, The Passions, 
included between two cusps intercepted sign, 
in astrol., a sign found between the cusps of two houses 
and not in either of them. 
interceptor (in-ter-sep'ter), n. One who or 
that which intercepts; an opponent. 
cessoire, < ML. intercessorius, intercessory, < L. 
intercessor, intercessor: see intercessor.] Con- 
taining intercession ; interceding. 
The Lord's prayer has an intercessory petition for our 
enemies. Earbery, Modern Fanaticism (1720), p. 39. 
interchain (in-ter-chan "),v.t. [< inter- + chain.] 
intercedent (in-ter-se'dent), a. [= OF. inter- Thy intercepter, fun of despight, bloody as the hunter, To c 
cedent, < L. interceden(t-}s, ppr. of intercedere, attends thee at the orchard end. Shak., T. N., iiL 4, 242. mlv - 
go between: see intercede.] Passing between ; interception (in-ter-sep'shon),. [= F. inter- 
mediating; pleading. Ash. [Bare.] M ,*.- T>- ..v,.*. j.-~ " o_ .-..* 
intereeder (in-ter-se'der), . One 
cedes ; a mediator ; an intercessor. 
intercellular (in-ter-sel'u-lar), a. [< L. inter, 
1_ _ A. I -*TT 1. 1 *,,",' . *-. f^,, . ' 
Two bosoms interchained with an oath. 
M. N. D., U. 3, 49. 
intereeder (in-ter-se'der), n. One who inter- Pg. interc^colo = It. intercezione, < L. intercen- interchange (m-ter-chanj'),tf.; pret. andpp.jn- 
cedes; a mediator; an intercessor. tto(n-), a taking away (interception) <interci- tercnan 9 e d> Ppr. interchanging. [Formerly also 
ntercellular (in-ter-sel'u-lar), a. [< L. inter, pere. take between, intercept: see intercept ] Interchange; <'M.E.enterchangen,entreehaungen, 
between, + NL. cellula, cellule, + -arS.] Situ- 1. The act of intercepting; a stopping or cut- ' " entrechangier, < entre, between, + chan- 
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ated between or among cells; interstitial in a 
cellular tissue : as, the intercellular substance or 
matrix of cartilage. In a broad 
sense, all tissues or histological 
structures consist of intercellular 
substance except in so far as they are 
composed of cells themselves. In- 
tercellular passages, in anat., 
the ultimate ramifications of the 
lobular bronchial tubes, beset with 
air-cells or alveoli. Intercellular 
spaces, in bot., spaces or passages 
of greater or less size which occur 
within the tissues of plants. They 
are formed by the separation of the 
walls of the cells through unequal 
growth, or by the breaking down of intermediate cells 
ting off; obstruction; hindrance. 
a, a. Intercellular 
Spaces. 
in appearance diminish the breadth. 
Sir H. Wotton, Elem. of Architecture. 
Loving friends, as your sorrows & afflictions have bin 
great, so our croses & interceptions in our proceedings 
hear have not been small. 
Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 138. 
2f. Intrusion; intervention. 
We might safely suppose the ice to be as solid as entire 
pieces of ice are wont to be with us, and not to be made 
up of icy fragments cemented together, with the intercep- 
tion of considerable cavities filled with air. 
Boyle, Works, II. 542. 
These spaces may contain only air or air and watery sapi intercpnt.ivp Cin tpr-spn'tiv 1 ! n f< interi-pnt 4- 
or some of the substances usually formed in cells asresin m . lerc eplive (in-rer-si uv;, a. \\vntercept 
crystals^etc. The intercellular spaces occurring within .Jl'ffJ perving.to^mtercept or obstruct. 
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plants of loose tissue are generally connected with one an- mtercerebral (m-ter-ser e-bral), a. [< inter- + 
other, and with the outer air by means of stomata. cerebral. ] Situated between the right and left 
intercensal (m-ter-sen'sal), a. [< L. inter, be- cerebral hemispheres, or connecting two cere- 
tween^ + census census: see census.] Occur- bral ganglia: as, an mtercerebral commissure. 
ig between the taking of one census and intercession (in-ter-sesh'on), w. [= F. inter- 
ler. LKare.J cession = Sp. intercesion = Pg. intercessao = It. 
gier, changer, change: see change, v.] I. trans. 
1 . To exchange mutually or reciprocally ; put 
each of in -the place of the other; give and take 
in reciprocity: as, to interchange commodities; 
to interchange compliments or duties. 
The hands the spears that lately grasp'd, 
Still in the mailed gauntlet clasp'd, 
Were interchanged in greeting dear. 
Scott, L of L. M., T. & 
With whom, friends 
And foes alike agree, throughout his life 
He never interchanged a civil word. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 179. 
Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays 
The pleasing game of interchanging praise. 
O. W. Holmes, An After-Dinner Poem. 
2. To cause to follow one another alternately: 
as, to interchange cares with pleasures. 
But then nee had withall a strange kind of interchang- 
ing of large and inejtpected pardons with seuere execu- 
Bacon, Hist. Hen. ATI., p. 236. 
II. intrans. To change reciprocally ; succeed 
alternately. 
