interduce 
interduce (in'ter-dus), n. [< L. inter, between, 
+ ducere, lead: see duct.] In carp., same as 
intertie. 
interepimeral (in-ter-ep-i-me'ral), a. [< inter- 
+ epimera + -al.] Situated between epimera: 
as, the interepimeral membrane. Huxley, Anat. 
Invert., p. 269. 
interepltnelial (in-ter-ep-i-the'li-al), a. [< in- 
ter- + epithelial.] Situated between or among 
epithelial cells. Also intra-epithelial. 
interequinoctial (in-ter-e-kwi-nok'shal), a. [< 
inter- + equinoctial.] Coming between the 
equinoxes. 
Spring and autumn I have denominated equinoctial 
periods. Summer and winter I have called interequinoc- 
tial intervals. Asiatic Researches. 
interesst (in'ter-es), v. t. [Also interesse; < OF. 
interesser, F. interesser (formerly chiefly in pp. 
interesse'), interest, concern, OF. also damage, 
= Pr. interessar = Sp. interesar = Pg. interessar 
= It. interessare, concern, in terest, < L. interesse, 
be between, be distant, be different, be present 
at, be of importance, import, concern (impers. 
interest, it concerns), < inter, between, + esse, 
be: see be 1 . Cf. interest.] To interest; con- 
cern; affect; especially, to concern or affect 
deeply. 
To whose young love 
The vines of Prance and milk of Burgundy 
Strive to be interess'd. Shak., Lear, i. 1, 187. 
To love our native country, and to study its benefit and 
its glory, to be interested in its concerns, is natural to all 
men, and is indeed our common duty. 
Dryden, Epick Poetry. 
interesst (in'ter-es), . [Also interesse; < ME. 
interesse (= G. Dan. interesse = Sw. intresse), < 
OF. interesse = Pr. interesse = Sp. interns = Pg. 
It. interesse,<. ML. interesse,n., concern, interest, 
premium on money lent, right, etc., < L. inter- 
esse,v., concern: see interess, v,] Interest; con- 
cern ; deep concern. 
That false forsweryng have there noon interesse. 
Lydgate, Minor Poems, p. 210. 
But wote thou this, thou hardy Titanesse, 
That not the worth of any living wight 
May challenge ought in Heavens interesse. 
Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 33. 
interesse termini (in-ter-es'e ter'mi-ni). 
[ML.: interesse, interest (see interess, n.); ter- 
mini, gen. of term inus, end, ending: see term,n.] 
The right of entry upon land vested in a lessee. 
It is not an estate, but an interest for the term ; and the 
right may be exercised by the executors or administrators 
of the owner if he dies without having entered. 
interest (in'ter-est), n. [Late ME. interest (= 
D. interest), < OF. interest, interest, concern, 
also damage, prejudice, F. inttrtt, interest, 
profit, advantage, < L. interest, it concerns, it 
is to the advantage, 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. 
impers. of interesse, concern: see interess, v. 
Practically interest is a later var. of interess, 
n.] 1. That which concerns or is of impor- 
tance ; that which is advantageous, or connect- 
ed with advantage or welfare; concern; con- 
cernment; behoof; advantage: as, the com- 
mon interests of life ; to act for the public in- 
terest. 
We destroy the Common-wealth, while we preserve our 
own private Interests, and neglect the Publick. 
Selden, Table-Talk, p. 58. 
'Tls for the fowler's interest to beware 
The bird intangled should not 'scape the snare 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Art of Love, 1. 444. 
Inglorious slave to int'rest, ever Join'd 
With fraud, unworthy of a royal mind ! 
Pope, mad, i. 195. 
By the term interests I mean not only material well-be- 
ing, but also all those mental luxuries, all those grooves 
or channels for thought, which it is easy and pleasing to 
f ollow, and painful and difficult to abandon. 
Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 203. 
The provinces were ruled, or rather plundered, in the 
interest of the privileged class, above all in the interest of 
the leading members of the privileged class. 
S. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 332. 
2. The feeling that something (the object of 
the feeling) concerns one ; a feeling of the im- 
portance of something with reference to one's 
self; a feeling of personal concernment in an 
object, such as to fix the attention upon it; 
appreciative or sympathetic regard: as, to feel 
an interest in a person ; to excite one's interest 
in a project ; a subject of absorbing Interest. 
From all a closer interest flourish'd up, 
Tenderness touch by touch. 
Tennyson, Princess, vii. 
Something further is necessary to that lively interaction 
of mind and object which we call a state of attention- 
and this is interest. J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 92.' 
A little more than a year ago the whole world was fol- 
lowing with intense interest the fortunes of the English 
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flying column dispatched by Lord Wolseley from Korti to 
cross the desert of Matammeh. 
Westminster Rev., CXXV. 557. 
3. Personal or selfish consideration ; regard to 
private benefit or profit : as, his actions are con- 
trolled by interest; the clashing of rival inter- 
ests. 
11 Interest and passion" may "come in, and he too strong 
for reflection and conscience," but still reflection and con- 
science are always present with us to bear witness against 
them. Fowler, Shaftesbury and Hutcheson, p. 145. 
A man never pleads better than where his own personal 
interest is concerned. Addison, Trial of the Wine-brewers. 
Interest . . . ought in reason to be treated as an objec- 
tion to the credit of a witness, and not to his competence. 
Nineteenth Century, XX. 455. 
4. Influence from personal importance or ca- 
pability; power of influencing the action of 
others : as, he has interest at court ; to solicit a 
person's interest in behalf of an application. 
Come, come, Lydia, hope for the best Sir Anthony shall 
use his interest with Mrs. Malaprop. 
Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. 
Ingeniously made interest with the Pope 
To set such tedious regular forms aside. 
Broivning, King and Book, 1. 191. 
5. Personal possession or right of control; 
share or participation in ownership: as, to 
have great interests in a county; an interest in 
a stock company ; also, anything that is of im- 
portance from a commercial or financial point 
of view ; a business ; property in general: as, 
the mining interests. 
Anjou, a Dutchy, Main, a County great, 
Of which the English long had been possest ; 
And Manus, a city of no small receit, 
To which the duke pretended interest. 
Drayton, Miseries of Queen Margaret. 
All your interest in those territories 
Is utterly bereft you : all is lost. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 1, 84. 
The Priests and Levites they bid consider what would 
become of them all if the Law of Moses was abrogated 
by which their interest was upheld. 
Stttlingjleet, Sermons, I. iii. 
The contest was for an interest then riding at single an- 
chor. De Quincey, Essenes, ii. 
6. In law, in the most general sense, legal con- 
cern of a person in a thing or in the conduct of 
another person, whether it consist in a right of 
enjoyment in or benefit from property, or a right 
of advantage, or a subjection to liability in the 
event of conduct; more specifically, a right in 
property, or to some of those uses or benefits 
from which the property is inseparable, in a 
narrower sense it was used in the English common law of 
interfemoral 
Vested In Interest, conferred in title or ownership, al- 
though it may be as yet expectant, and not with a present 
right of possession. See nested. Vested Interest, a;i in- 
terest completely assured, and constituting such a right as 
a change in the law generally ought not to take away ex- 
cept for public use and upon compensation. 
interest (in'ter-est), v. t. [A var. of earlier in- 
teress, v., prob. through confusion of interessed 
= interest, pret. and pp. of the verb, with inter- 
est,n.: see interess.] If. To concern; affect; be 
of advantage or importance to. 
After his returne for England, he endevoured by his 
best abilities to interest his Countrey and state in those 
faire Regions. Quoted in Capt. John Smith's Works, II. 266. 
Or rather, gracious sir, 
Create me to this glory, since my cause 
Doth interest this fair quarrel. Ford. 
2. To engage the attention of; excite concern 
in ; stimulate to feeling or action in regard to 
something. 
The multitude is more easily interested for the most un- 
meaning badge, or the most insignificant name, than for 
the most important principle. Macaulay, Milton. 
To interest the reader in a contest against heresy in the 
East, and then transport him to a battle against Erastian- 
ism in the West. J. M. Neale, Eastern Church, i. 8. 
We are interested in a thing when we are affected by it 
either pleasurably or painfully. 
J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 83. 
3. To cause to take a personal concern or share ; 
induce to participate : as, to interest a person 
in an enterprise. 4f. To place or station. 
Interested him among the gods. Chapman. 
interested (in'ter-es-ted), p. a. 1. Concerned 
in a cause or in consequences ; hence, biased 
by personal considerations; concerned chiefly 
for one's private advantage; also, springing 
from or influenced by self-interest or selfish- 
ness : as, an interested witness. 
His familiars were his entire friends, and could have no 
interested views in courting his acquaintance. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 497. 
Ill successes did not discourage that ambitious and in- 
terested people. Arbuthnot, Anc. Coins. 
We have no interested motive for this undertaking, be- 
ing a society of gentlemen of distinction. 
Goldsmith, Magazine in Miniature. 
2. Having an interest or share ; having money 
involved: as, one interested in the funds. 
interestedly (in'ter-es-ted-li), adv. In an in- 
terested manner; with interest. 
interestedness (in'ter-es-ted-nes), . The state 
of being interested, or of having an interest in 
a question or an event ; hence, regard for one's 
own private views or profit. 
I might give them what degree of credit I pleased, and 
7.Payment,orasumpaid,forth e useofmoney, 
and is to be paid at certain stated times, as once or twice 
a year. The money lent or due is called the principal, 
interesting (in'ter-es-ting), p. a. Exciting or 
adapted to excite interest ; engaging the atten- 
tion or curiosity: as, an interesting story. 
Ja " u ulea . lne fW nnr PTTipripncn 
per cent., or simply the per cent. The rate per cent, is . 
of PsychoL, p. 450. 
understood that legal interest is intended I when no"speciflc quality of being interesting. 
the locamy 
terest may be either simple or compound. Simple inter- 
est is the interest arising from the principal sum only, 
and, though not paid, is not itself chargeable with inter- 
est Compound interest is the interest paid not only on 
the original or principal sum, but also on the interest as it 
falls due and, remaining unpaid, is added to the principaL 
Who pawn their souls and put them out at interest for a 
very small present advantage, although they are sure in 
a very little time to lose both their Interest and the Prin- 
cipal too. SWingfleet, Sermons, I. xii. 
ft <5,o+i,; AAA , 
8. Something added or thrown m by 
way of premium or enhancement; an added 
1., 54. 
interface (in'ter-fas), n. [< inter- + face.] A 
plane surface regarded as the common boun- 
dary of two bodies. 
The inter/ace of the two liquids in the axial line. 
Encyc. Brit., XV. 264. 
interfacial (in-ter-fa'shial), a. [< L. inter, be- 
tween, + fades, face : see facial, and cf. inter- 
face.] 1. In geom., included between two 
faces : thus, an interfacial angle is formed by 
the meeting of two planes. 2. Pertaining to 
an interface. 
With all speed, 
You shall have your desires, with interest. 
Shak., IHen. IV., iv. 3, 49. 
Beneficial Interest, a right or interest to be enjoyed for 
ones own benefit, as distinguished from the right of a 
trustee for the benefit of another. Chattel interest 
See cAatt^-Equitable Interest, such an interest as is 
^T,V" d * P 1 :^ by co " rte of equity, although it 
ter- + fascicle + -arS.] 1. In anat., situated 
or occurring between fascicles: as, interfascic- 
ular veins; interfascicular spaces. 2. in lot., 
lying between the fascicles or fibrovascular 
bundles. Interfascicular cambium is that part of the 
cambium zone which lies between the flbrovascular bun- 
dles in the stems of gymnospenns and dicotyledons. Bos- 
tin. 
interfectiont (in-ter-fek'shon), n. [< L. inter- 
executed even though the insured have no insurable in- 
Jff rf in * e . su^ct-matter.- Landed mtereBt See 
landed. Maritime Interest. See maritime. Party In 
interest, a person who, though he may not be named in a 
ntract as a contracting party, or in a suit as a party on 
; record has a legal interest in the subject.- To make 
interest for a person, to secure influence on his behalf. 
I made interest with Mr. Blogg the beadle to have him 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, i. 16. 
i, destroy, interrupt, lit. put between, < inter, 
between, +facere, do: see/ac.] Killing; mur- 
der. Bailey. 
interfemoral (in-ter-fem'o-ral), a. [< L. inter, 
between, -I- femur, pi. femora, thigh: see fem- 
oral.] Situated between the thighs ; connect- 
ing the hind limbs: as, the interfemoral mem- 
brane of a bat. 
