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Increasing the force or intensity of; intensive; as, the intensitive words of a sentence. H. Sweet.

That which intensifies or emphasizes; an intensive verb or word.

A word or form of speech thrown in to express emotion or feeling, as O! Alas! Ha ha! Begone! etc. Compare Exclamation. An interjection implies a meaning which it would require a whole grammatical sentence to expound, and it may be regarded as the rudiment of such a sentence. But it is a confusion of thought to rank it…

Thrown in between other words or phrases; parenthetical; ejaculatory; as, an interjectional remark.

That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed.

o point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.] Her sighs should interpoint her words. Daniel.

The insertion of points between word or sentences; punctuation.

A word used in asking questions; as, who which why

to unite intimately; to connect closely; as, to interweave truth with falsehood. Dryden. Words interwove with sighs found out their way. Milton.

Denoting inclusion; as, put these ideas into other words.

A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."

to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper.…

A document written or printed, or spoken words,

hich adopts a mode of speech the meaning of which is contrary to the literal sense of the words.

Pronunciation of e in the English word be. This was the pronunciation advocated by ReuEtacism. In all such questions between a the confusing element of itacism comes in. Alford.

A word, phrase, or idiom, peculiar to the Italians; an Italicism.

n in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.

To print in Italic characters; to underline written letters or words with a single line; as, to Italicize a word; Italicizes too much.

To quarrel in words; to altercate; to wrangle. Good wits will be jangling; but, gentles, agree. Shak. Prussian Trenck . . . jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. Carlyle.

Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box. -- Jaw breaker, a word difficult to pronounce. [Obs.] -- Jaw rope (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast. -- Jaw tooth, a molar or grinder; a back tooth.