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ir That range above our mortal state, In circle round the blessed gate, Received and gave him welcome there. Tennyson. Intelligence office, an office where information may be obtained, particularly respecting servants to be hired.

To apply with energy. Let him intend his mind, without respite, without rest, in one direction. Emerson.

lf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you. I to the lords will intercede, not doubting Their favorable ear. Milton.

ce; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris. God will shortly intercept your breath. Joye.

e emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. To love our native country . . . to be interested in its concerns is natural to all men. Dryden. A goddess who used to interest herself in marriages. Addison.

to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him.

n of Salamis by another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some think, interpolated by him for that purpose. Pope.

se of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication. It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen.

ithout mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him. Bp. Burnet.

f being intrepid; fearless bravery; courage; resoluteness; valor. Sir Roger had acquitted himself of two or three sentences with a look of much business and great intrepidity. Addison.

One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser. They were all strangers and intruders. Locke.

character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse. All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton. The artificial life against which we inveighed. Hawthorne.

To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.] And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent. Spenser.

oning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.

s, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error. An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more. A. Tucker.

Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted. For thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton.

my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix. 19. He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney.

Intimately; thoroughly. [Obs.] I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl.

ed only impersonally at present. To see this sight, it irks my very soul. Shak. It irketh him to be here. M. Arnold.

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious. "Him death's iron sleep oppressed." Philips.