Intercultural 
intercultural (in-ter-kul'tur-al), a. [< inter- + 
cidtiiri' + -<i/.] Intermediate in the process of 
cultivation. 
By "intrrcultural tillage," Dr. Sturtevant means tilling, 
stirring the Roil, while the plant is growing. The value of 
interculturut tillage has long been understood. 
Pa,,. Sn. Mo., XIII. 378. 
The intrrcultural tillage should be applied whenever the 
upper soil has regained ... its eonneotion with the lower 
oil Mature, XXXVII. 624. 
intercurt (in-tor-kdr'), w. i. [Early mod. E. en- 
Irn-orre, < OF. eittrecorre, eiitrccourre, < L. inter- 
currere, run between, run along with, mingle 
with, intercede. < inter, between, + currcre. run : 
see current^. Cf. concur, decur, incur, etc.] To 
run or come between ; intervene. 
1 1 \Volsry as your lieutenaunt being alwaies proplce and 
redy to entercorre, as a loving mynister for the stablishing 
&c. of good amyte bitwene your hignes and hym. 
State Papers, Wolsey to Hen. VIII., 1527. 
So that there intercur no ain in the acting thereof. 
Shelton, tr. of Don CiuUote, II. Iv. 9. 
intercurl (in-ter-k6rl'), v. t. [< inter- + curl.'} 
To curl or twine between ; entwine. 
Queen Helen, whose Jacinth-hair curled by nature, but 
intercurled by art (like a fine brook through golden sands), 
had a rope of fair pearl. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. 
intercurrence (in-ter-kur'ens), n. [< intercur- 
ren(t) + -ce.] 1. A running or coming be- 
tween; intervention. [Rare.] 
We may . . . consider what fluidity salt-petre is capa- 
ble of, without the intercurrence of a liquor. 
Boyl,; Hist. Fluidity, XT). 
2f. An intervening occurrence ; an incident. 
To be sagacious in such intercurrences is not supersti- 
tion, but wary and pious discretion. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., L 29. 
intercurrent (in-ter-kur'ent), a. and n. [= F. 
intercurrent = Sp. intercurrente = Pg. intercor- 
rente, < L. intercurren(t-)s, ppr. of intercurrere, 
run between, intervene: see intercur.'] I. a. 
1. Running between or among ; occurring be- 
tween; intervening. [Rare.] 
Transacts with the Dane, with the French, the rapture 
with both ; together with all the intercurrent exploits at 
Ouiny, the Mediterranean, West Indies, and other signal 
particulars. Evelyn, To my Lord Treasurer. 
The ebbing and flowing of the sea Des Cartes ascribeth 
to the greater pressure made upon the air by the moon, 
and the intercurrent ethereal substance, at certain times 
(of the day, and of the lunary mouth) than at others. 
Boyle, Works, I. 41. 
2. Specifically, in pathol,, occurring in a pa- 
tient already suffering from some disease : said 
of a second disease. 
He died of intercurrent disease. 
Alien, and Neural., VL 404. 
H.t n. Something that intervenes; an inter- 
currence ; an incident. 
[Fortune] having diversified and distinguished even 
from the beginning our enterprise, like a play or enter- 
lude, with many dangerous intermrrcnts, was assistant 
and ran with us, at the very point and upshot of the exe- 
cution thereof. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 998. 
intercurset, An obsolete form of intercourse. 
intercutt (in-ter-kuf), v. t. [< inter- + cut."] To 
intersect. 
The countrey whence he sprung ... is so inlayed and 
everywhere so intercutt and indented with the sea or 
fresh navigable rivers that one cannot tell what to call it, 
either water or land. Howell, Parly of Beasts, p. 5. 
intercystic (in-ter-sis'tik), a. [< inter- + cyst 
+ -ic.J Lying or occurring between cysts: as, 
the intercystic tissue of a cystic tumor, 
interdash (in-ter-dash'), v. t. [< inter- + dash.'] 
To intersperse. [Rare.] 
A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke. 
Cooper, Table-Talk, 1. 638. 
interdealt (in'ter-del), n. [Also enterdeal; < 
inter- + deal 1 .] 1. Intercourse; conduct. 
To learne the enterdeale of Princes strange, 
To marke t h intent of counsells, and the change 
Of states. Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 786. 
2. Commerce; traffic. 
The trading and interdeale with other nations rounde 
about have chaunged and greatly altered the dialect ther- 
of. Spenser, State of Ireland. 
interdental (in-ter-den'tal), a. [< L. inter, be- 
tween, + <len(t-)s =E. tootn: see dental.'] Oc- 
curring or produced between the teeth. 
The interdental sound of z. Uncyc. Brit., XXII. 350. 
Interdental space, the space or interval between the 
cogs of a geared wheel. 
interdentil, interdentel (in-tfrr-den'til, -tel), 
n. [(inter- + (lentil, dcntrl.] In arch., the space 
between two dentils. 
interdependence, interdependence (in'ter- 
de-pen'dens, -den-si), . [= F. interdipen- 
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dance; as inter- + dependence, dependency.] 
Mutual dependence. 
There la an intimate interdependence of Intellect and 
morals. Emerson, Conduct of Life. 
The wonderful interdependence shown by Darwin to ex- 
ist between insects and plants in the fertilization of the 
latter. K. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 146. 
interdependent (in*ter-de-pen'dent), a. [< 
inti-r- + dependent.'] Mutually dependent. 
And this because phenomena are independent not less 
than interdependent. 
O. H. Lews, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. 88. 
Ignorance, intemperance, immorality, and disease 
these things are all tnterdcpendetU and closely connected. 
Westminster Rev., CXXV. 18. 
Painting, for example, is an interdependent process, and 
both in its execution and results its interdependence lies 
in purely physical combinations of visible and touchable 
materials. Argyll, Nineteenth Century, XXIII. 162. 
interdestructiveness(in-ter-de-struk'tiv-nes), 
n. [< inter- + destructiveness.] 'Mutual destruc- 
tiveness. Godwin, Mandeville, II. 103. 
interdict (in-ter-dikf), v. t. [In ME. entredi- 
ten, < OF. entredit (pp. of entredire) ; < L. inter- 
dictus,pp. of interdicere (> It. interdicere, inter- 
dire = Sp. entredicer, interdecir = Pg. entredizer, 
interdizer = OF. entredire, F. interdire), inter- 
pose by speaking, contradict, forbid, < inter, be- 
tween, + dicere, speak, say : see diction.'] 1. To 
declare authoritatively against, as the nee or 
doing of something; debar by forbidding; pro- 
hibit peremptorily. 
Let the brave chiefs their glorious toils divide, 
And whose the conquest, mighty Jove decide ; 
While we from interdicted fields retire, 
Nor tempt the wrath of heav'n's avenging sire. 
Pope, fliad, v. 43. 
Nature, however, ... is an excellent friend in such 
cases ; sealing the lipa, interdicting utterance, command- 
ing a placid diasimulation. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, vii. 
2. To prohibit from some action or proceeding ; 
restrain by prohibitory injunction ; estop ; pre- 
clude. 
To prevent their aeeking relief from the slow agonies of 
this torture, they would be interdicted the use of knives and 
forks, and every other instrument of self-destruction. 
Everett, Orations, I. 600. 
They {the Plantagenets] were interdicted from taxing ; 
but they claimed the right of begging and borrowing. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., 1. 
Specifically 3. Eccles., to cut off from com- 
munion with a church ; debar from ecclesias- 
tical functions or privileges. 
The reame was therefore nygh thre yere enderdited, and 
stode a-cursed that neuer manes body ne womans was 
byried in noon halowed place. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.X ill. 466. 
Becket had gotten him more Friends at Rome, and by 
their means prevailed with the Pope to give him Power 
to interdict some Bishops in England that had done him 
Wrong. Baker, Chronicles, p. 57. 
=Syn. Protabit, etc. See/orWd. 
interdict (in'ter-dikt), . [In ME. enterdit. < 
OF. entredit, F. interdit = Pr. entredich = Sp. 
entredicho, interdicto = Pg. interdicto = It. in- 
terdetto; < L. interdictum, a prohibition, neut. of 
interdictus, pp. of interdicere, forbid, prohibit: 
see interdict, .] 1. An official or authorita- 
tive prohibition ; a prohibitory order or decree. 
No interdict 
Defends the touching of these viands pure. 
Milton, f. E., It 869. 
2. In Horn, law, an adjudication, by a solemn or- 
dinance issued by the pretor, in his capacity of 
governing magistrate, for the purpose of quiet- 
ing a controversy, usually as to peaceable pos- 
session, between private parties. More specifi- 
cally (a) in earlier times, a prohibition or Injunction in- 
cidental or introductory to an action, forbidding Interfer- 
ence with possession until the right should have been de- 
termined ; ( '<) in later times, the extension of this remedy 
so as to include not merely such injunctive relief, but also 
production or discovery (called exhibitory interdict or in- 
terdict for production), and the delivery of possession, the 
reinstatement of a previous situation, or other undoing 
of a wrong (called interdict of restitution). Throughout 
the various extensions of the term the characteristic idea 
seems to have been the act of the pretor in assuming in 
some sense the functions of a plaintiff or a prosecutor on 
grounds of public policy, somewhat as in modern practice 
the court makes orders or decrees upon some subjects. 
which, though made in a private controversy, it will en- 
force in the name of the people by proceedings for con- 
tempt. 
3. In the Bom. Cath. Ch., an ecclesiastical sen- 
tence which forbids the right of Christian burial, 
the use of the sacraments, and the enjoyment 
of public worship, or the exercise of ecclesi- 
astical functions. Interdicts may be general, as ap- 
plied to a country or city, or particular, as applied to a 
church or other locality ; they may be local, as applied to 
places, personal, as applied to a person or some class of 
persons, or mixed, as directed against both places and per- 
sons. General and local interdicts have rarely been pro- 
nounced since the middle ages. 
interdigitation 
The pope sent his nuncio to no purpose, and then put 
the city under an interdict. J. Adams, Worka, V. 22. 
4. In Ncotn law, an injunction." See nut>cnsion. 
interdiction (in-ter-dik'shon), . [= F. inter- 
diction = Sp. interdiction = Pg. interdiccSo = It. 
interdizionc, < L. interdictio(n-), a prohibiting, 
< interdicere, pp. interdictw, prohibit, forbid: 
see interdict, .] 1. The act of interdicting; au- 
thoritative prohibition ; declaratory estoppel. 
The truest issue of thy throne 
By his own interdiction stands accnrs'd. 
Shot., Macbeth, iv. 8, 106. 
Sternly he pronounced 
The rigid interdiction, which resounds 
Yet dreadful in mine ear. tfOton, P. L.,vul. 884. 
By this means the Kingdom was released of the interdic- 
tion. Baker, Chronicles, p. 78. 
2. In law, judicial restraint imposed upon one 
who, from unsoundness of mind, weakness, or 
improvidence, is incapable of managing his own 
affairs, or is liable to imposition. An inquisition 
of lunacy relates to the present or past. The interdiction 
expressed or implied by the confirmation of the inquisition 
and the appointment of a guardian relates to the future, 
and from the time of interdiction no act of the person is 
valid without the intervention of the court 
3. In Horn, law, an edict or decree of the pre- 
tor to meet the circumstances of a particular 
case, but granted usually from considerations 
of a public character. Bee interdict, n., 2. 4. 
Same as interdict, n., 4. interdiction of fire and 
water, banishment by an order that no man should sup- 
ply the person banished with fire or water, the two neces- 
saries of life. Jlapalje and Lawrence. 
interdictive (in-ter-dik'tiv), a. [< interdict + 
-ice.] Of the nature of an interdict ; constitut- 
ing an interdict; prohibitory. 
A timely separation from the flock by that interdictive 
sentence ; lest his conversation unprohibited, or unbrand- 
ed, might breathe a pestilential murrain into the other 
sheep. Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonat. 
interdictory (in-ter-<lik'to-ri), a. [< LL. inter- 
dictoriug, prohibitory, < L'. interdicere, pp. inter- 
dictus, prohibit: see interdict, t>.] Serving to 
interdict or prohibit. 
interdifferentiation (in-t6r-dif-e-ren-shi-a'- 
shon), n. [< inter- + differentiation.'] Differen- 
tiation between or among. 
interdiffuse (in'ter-di-fuz'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
interdiffused, ppr. interdiffusing. [< inter- + 
diffuse"] To diffuse or spread among or be- 
tween. North British Rev. [Rare.] 
interdiffusion (in'ter-di-fu'zhon), n. [< inter- 
+ diffusion.'] The act of interdiffusing; mu- 
tual diffusion. 
In the case of molten metals the interdifunon may be 
extremely rapid. Sci. Amer. Supp., p. 8788. 
interdigital (in-ter-dij'i-tal), a. [= F. interdigi- 
tal; <L. inter, between, 4- digitus, finger: see 
digital.] Situated between digits; connecting 
fingers or toes one with another. The webbing 
of a duck's foot is interdigital; so is most of the 
membrane of a bat's wing. 
interdigitate(in-ter-dij'i-tat), .; pret. and pp. 
interdigitated, ppr. interdigitating. [< L. inter, 
between, + digitus,finger: see digitate."] I. trans. 
To insert between the fingers ; interweave like 
thejoined fingers of the two hands. [Rare.] 
II. intrans. 1. To be interwoven; commin- 
gle like interlocked fingers. 
The groups of characters that are essential to the true 
definition of a plant and animal interdigitate, so to speak, 
in that low department of the organic world from which 
the two great branches rise and diverge. Omen. 
2. In anat., specifically, to interpose finger-like 
processes or (limitations between similar pro- 
cesses of another part, as one muscle may do to 
another ; inosculate by means of reciprocal ser- 
rations: followed by trith. Thus, the human serra- 
tns magnus muscle interdigitates by several of its serra- 
tions irith similar processes of the external obliqne muscle 
of the abdomen. 
In certain species of Mustelus ... a rudimentary pla- 
centa is formed, the vascular walls of the umbilical sac 
becoming plaited, and interdigitating with similar folds of 
the wall of the uterus. Huxley, Anat Vert., p. 120. 
interdigitation (in-ter-dij-i-ta'shon), n. [< in- 
terdigitate + -ion.] 1. The act of inserting be- 
tween the fingers, or of inserting the fingers 
of one hand between those of the other ; hence, 
the state of being inextricably interwoven or 
run into each other, as is the case with the 
characters of the lowest classes of plants and 
animals; intermixture. 2. In anat., specifi- 
cally (a) Reciprocal digitation; the state or 
quality of being interdigitated or reciprocally 
interposed by means of digitate processes. In- 
terdigitation presents an appearance as of two saws with 
the teeth of one set In the spaces between the teeth of 
the other, (b) The set of spaces between digits 
or finger-like processes. 
