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INTER CIPTJSNT,/ [intercipicns, Lat.] Anintercept- 
iiis- power; fomething that caufes a ftoppage.—They 
commend repellents, but not with much aftvingency-, un- 
lefs as intc.rcipk'nts upon the parts above, left the matter 
fhould thereby be impaired in the part. Wifeman. 
INTER CISTON,/ {inter and credo, Lat ]- Interruption. 
_By ceffation of oracles we may underhand their inter- 
cifion, not abfcilfion, or confummate defolation. Brown. 
J To INTERCLU'DE, v. n. [intercludo , Lat.] To ftiut 
from a place or courfe by fomething. intervening; to in¬ 
tercept._The voice is fometimes intercluded by a hoarfe- 
nefs, or vifcous phlegm cleaving to the afpera arteria. 
Holder. 
INTERCLU'DING, /. The aft of /hutting out by 
intervention. 
INTER CLU'SION,/ {inter clufus, Lat.] Obftruftion ; 
interception. 
INTERCOLUMNIA'TION,/ {inter and columna, Lat.] 
The fpace between the pillars.—The diftance or inter - 
column.ia.tion may be near four of his own diameter, becaufe 
the materials commonly laid over this pillar were rather 
of wood than ftone. IVotton. 
To INTERCOM'MON, v.n. {inter and common.] To feed 
at the fame table.—Wine is to be forborn in consump¬ 
tions, for that the fpirits of the wine do prey upon the 
rofcid juice of the body, and intercommon with the fpirits 
of the body, and fo rob them of their nouri/hment. Bacon. 
_In law, to ufe each other’s common.—Common be¬ 
caufe of vicinage, or neighbourhood, is where the in¬ 
habitants of two town/hips, which lie contiguous to 
each other, have ufually intercommoned with one another. 
Blackjlone. 
INTERCOM'MONING. / The aft of eating at the 
fame table; of feeding on the fame commons. In law, 
where the commons of two manors lie together, and the 
inhabitants of both have time out of mind depaftured 
their cattle promifcuoufly in each. Cowel. See Common. 
To INTERCOMMUNICATE, v. n. [from inter, Lat. 
between, and communico, to commune.] To communicate 
with one another. Scott. 
INTERCOMMUNICATING,/ The act of commu¬ 
nicating with each other. 
INTERCOMMUNITY,/. A mutual communication 
or community ; a mutual freedom or exercife of religion. 
INTEKCOS'TAL, adj. {inter and cojla, Lat.] Placed 
between the ribs.—The diaphragm leems the principal 
inftrument of ordinary refpiration, although to reftrained 
. refpiration the intircoflal mufeles may concur. Boyle. 
INTERCOURSE,-/ {entreeours, Fr.] Commerce; ex¬ 
change : 
This fweet iniercourft 
Of looks, and fmiles ; for fmiles from reafon flow', 
To brute denied, and are of love the food. Milton. 
Communication: followed by with.— What an honour is 
it that God fhould admit us into fuch a participation of 
himfelf! That he fhould give us minds capable of fuch an 
jntercourfe. with the Supreme Mind. Attcrbury. 
INTERCUR’RENCE, / [from intercurro, Lat.] Paf- 
fage between.—Confider what fluidity faltpetre is capable 
of° without the intercurrence of a liquor. Boyle. 
INTERCUR'RENT, adj. Running between.—If into 
a phial, filled with good fpirit of nitre, you caft a piece 
of iron, the liquor, vvhofe parts moved placidly before, 
meeting with particles in the iron, altering the motion of 
its parts, and perhaps that of fome very Subtle intercurrent 
matter, thole aftive, parts prefently begin to penetrate, 
and Scatter abroad particles of the iron. Boyle. 
INTER'CUS, / Witli phyficians, a kind of dropfy ; 
the anafarca. Phillips. 
INTERCUTA'NEOUS, adj. [from inter, Lat. between, 
and cutis, the fkim] Lying between the flefh and the fkin. 
INTERDE'AL, f. {inter and deal.] Traffic; inter- 
courfe. Obfolete. —The Gaulifn fpeech is the very Britifh, 
which is yet retained of the Welfhmcn and Britons of 
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France ; though the alteration of the trading and interdeal 
with other nations has greatly altered the dialeft. Spcnfer. 
To INTERDICT, v. a. [interdire , Fr. intefdico, Lat.] 
To forbid; to prohibit: 
By magic fenc’d, by fpells encompafs’d round, 
No mortal touch’d this interdiEled ground. Ticket. 
To prohibit from the enjoyment of communion with the 
church.—An archbifhop may mot only excommunicate 
and inter (Ml fiis Suffragans, but his vicar-general may do 
the fame. Ayliffe. 
INTERDICT,/ Prohibition; prohibiting decree.— 
Among/! his other fundamental laws, he did ordain the 
inter dihls and prohibitions touching entrance of ftrangers. 
Bacon. 
Tliofe are not fruits forbidden, no interdiEl, 
Defends the touching of thefe viands pure ; 
Their tafte no knowledge works at leaft of evil. Milton. 
A papal prohibition to the clergy to celebrate the holy; 
offices.—Nani carried himfelf meritorioufly a gain ft the 
pope in the time of the interdihl, which held up his credit 
among the patriots. Wotlon. 
A popifh interdift was formerly a very ferious incon¬ 
venience, being no lefs than a general excommunication 
of a whole country or province: It is mentioned in fome 
of our hiftorians: Knighton tells us, anno 1208, that the 
pope excommunicated king John and all his adherents,'. 
Et tolam terrain AnglicanamJuppoJ'uit interdifto, which began 
the firft Sunday after Eafler, and continued fix years and 
one month; during all which time nothing was done Li¬ 
the churches befides baptifm and confeflions of-dying 
people. The following is the ancient form of an inter¬ 
dift : “ In the name of Chrift, We the Bifhop, in behalf 
of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, and of St. Peter, the 
chief of the apoftles, and in our own behalf, do excom¬ 
municate and interdift this church, and all tli| chapels 
thereunto belonging, that no man from henceforth may 
have leave to ling mafs, or to hear it, or in any wife to 
adminifler any divine office, nor to receive God’s tithes 
without our leave ; and whofoever (hall prefume to ling 
or hear mafs, or perform any divine office, or to receive 
any tithes, contrary to this interdift, on the part of God 
the Father Almighty, and of the Son 1 , and of the Holy 
Ghoft, and on the behalf of St. Peter, and all the faints,., 
let him be accurfed, and feparated from all Chriftian 
fociety, and from entering into Holy Mother Church, 
where there is forgivenefs of fins; and let him be Ana¬ 
thema, Maranatha, forever, with the deyils in-hell. Fiat, 
fiat, fiat. Amen.” But this fevere church-cenfure has 
been long difufed. 
There was ail'o an interdift of particular perfons, who 
were deprived of the benefit of attending on divine 
fervice. Certain perfons were alfo anciently interdicted 
of fire and water, which fignified a banifhment for fome 
particular offence; no perlon was allowed to receive 
them, or allow them fire or water; and, being thus wholly 
deprived of the two nece/Tary elements of life, they were 
doubtlefs under a kind of civil death. 
INTERDIC TING, / The aft of prohibiting or for¬ 
bidding. 
INTERDICTION, /. Prohibition; forbidding decree j: 
Sternly he pronounc’d 
The rigid interdiction, which refounds 
Yet dreadful in mine ear. Milton. 
Curfe: from the papal interdict. An improper ufe of the. 
word : 
The trueft i/Tue of thy throne 
By his own interdiction /lands accurft. Shakefpeare. 
INTERDICTORY, adj. Belonging to an interdiftion,. 
Ainfworth. 
INTERDICTUM, f. in the civil law, was.a prohibi¬ 
tion nearly equivalent to the injunction of our court of 
chancery. See Injunction, 
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