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The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell.

ilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others. But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. Rom. viii. 26.

To share with others; to participate; especially, to eat at the same table. [Obs.] Bacon.

interested in its concerns is natural to all men. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. Addison.

To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. To interfere with party disputes. Swift. There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions. Bp. Warburton.

by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of others.

To insert a leaf or leaves in; to bind with blank leaves inserted between the others; as, to interleave a book.

ould gain from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.

To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.

One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.

The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices.

ertaining to the upper back, or the part between the shoulders; as, the interscapular feathers.

The interscapular feathers of a bird.

A speech interposed between others. [R.] Blount.

One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.

Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation. Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of any foreign power. Sir W. Temple.

one form, condition, or state to another; as, compound substances may be resolved into others which are more simple; ice is convertible into water, and water into vapor; men are more easily drawn than forced into compliance; we may reduce many distinct substances into one mass; men are led by evidence into belief of t…

The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very viole…

difference of opinion or sentiment, especially in religious matters; refusing to allow others the enjoyment of their opinions, rights, or worship; unjustly impatient of the opinion of those disagree with us; not tolerant; unforbearing; bigoted. Religion, harsh, intolerant, austere, Parent of manners like herself sever…

de where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts.