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Mutual communication. Owen.

Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.

Intercommunication; community of possessions, religion, etc. In consequence of that intercommunity of paganism . . . one nation adopted the gods of another. Bp. Warburton.

Mutual comparison of corresponding parts.

Between condyles; as, the intercondylar fossa or notch of the femur.

To join together.

Connection between; mutual connection.

Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on between continents; as, intercontinental relations or commerce.

Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

Between the ribs; pertaining to, or produced by, the parts between the ribs; as, intercostal respiration, in which the chest is alternately enlarged and contracted by the intercostal muscles.

A This sweet intercourse Of looks and smiles. Milton. Sexual intercourse, sexual or carnal connection; coition.

To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.

s of animals, or different varieties of plants. We have reason to believe that occasional intercrosses take place with all animals and plants. Darwin.

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

To intervene; to come or occur in the meantime. [Obs.] Shelton.

A passing or running between; occurrence. Boyle.

Running between or among; intervening. Boyle. Bp. Fell.

Subcutaneous.

To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper.

To intrigue. [Obs.] Daniel.