inter peduncular

[Pref. inter-, and Eng. peduncular.] Anat.: Between the peduncles of the cerebrum. inter peduncular-space, s. Anat .: A lozenge-shaped interval situated between the peduncles of the cerebrum and containing the posterior perforated space, the corpora albicantia, and the tuber cinereum. ( Quain .) In-ter-pěl-lāte, v . t . [Lat. inter pell at us , pa. par. of interpello .] [INTER PEAL.] To question; to addre a question to; especially said of a question addre ed by a member of a legislative a embly to a minister. in-ter-pěl-lā-tion, s . [Fr., from Lat. interpel lationem , acc. of interpellatio = a speaking between, an interruption, from inter pell at us , pa. par. of interpello . [INTERPELLATE.] *1. The act of interrupting or interfering; interruption. "The latter makes no little complaint of the importunity of those continual interpellations ."-Bp. Hall : Defence of the Humble Remonstrance . *2. The act of interposing or interceding on behalf of another; interce ion, interposition. "Continual lye he maketh inter pell a cion for vs sinners." -Bale : Apologie , fo. 8. *3. A summons, a citation. "In all extrajudicial acts one citation, monition, or extrajudicial interpellation is sufficient." -Auliffe : Parergon. 4. A question addre ed by a member of a legislative a embly to a minister or member of the gov ernment. IMG:content-1791.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1792.png:[blocks in formation] *In-ter-pol-Ish, v . t . [Pref. inter-, and Eng. polish (q. v.).] To polish here and there; to polish in parts. ton: Reason of Church Govt., bk. i., ch. v. "Cunningly interpolisht by some second hand."- Mil- *In-ter-pol-1-ty, s. [Pref. inter- , and Eng. pol- ity.] Exchange of citizenship. *In-ter-pon-ent, s. [Lat. interponens , pr. par. of interpono .] One who or that which interpones or interposes. "Lop down these interponents that withstand The pa age to our throne." Heywood: Rape of Lucrece. In-ter-põş-al, s. [Eng. interpos ( e ); -al . ] 2. The act of coming between; intervention. "Our overshadowed souls may be emblemed by crusted globes, whose influential emi ions are intercepted by the interposal of the benighting element."- Glanvill : Scepsis Scientific a , ch. ii. IMG:content-1793.png:[blocks in formation] "I will make haste; but, till I come again, No rest be interposer 'twixt us twain." "A shelter, and a kind of shading cool Interposition." Milton: P. R. , iii. 222. 5. Words or phrases used parenthetically. II. Min .: The placing by natural agency of a crystal of one mineral in the ma or crystal of another, or anything similar; the state of being so interposed. 1. To place or set between; to cause to intervene. "Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations." Cowper : Task , ii. 17. 2. To place between or among; to thrust in; to intrude; to present or put forward for obstruction, interruption, aid, succor, or adjustment of differ- "What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night?" Shakesp.: Julius Cæsar, ii. 1. chin, bench ; go, gem; thin, this; 1. To act as an interpreter; to explain. "I could interpret between you and your love." Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 2. IMG:content-1794.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The act of interpreting, expounding, or explaining that which is unintelligible, not understood, or not obvious; translation, explanation, exposition. "Do not interpretations belong to God?"-Genesis xl. 8. 2. The power of explaining or expounding. "We beseech thee to prosper this great sign, and to give us the interpretation and use of it in mercy." -Bacon . 3. The sense or explanation given by an interpreter. "Those texts may receive a kinder and more mollified interpretation."-Dryden: Religio Laici (Pref.). 4. The conception and representation of a character on the stage. B. Math .: The proce of explaining results arrived at by the application of mathematical rules. When, for example an algebraic definition is laid down, there is frequently some restriction implied in making the definition, so that the result to which it leads presents more cases than can be explained by it, or even than was contemplated by it. Thus the abbreviation of aa , aaa , into a2 , a3 , and the rules which spring from it, lead to results of the form a-2, a, a, . These results, until interpreted, are without any intelligent algebraic mean ing. Scripture interpretation : [EXEGESIS, HERMENEUTICS.] in-ter-prě-tā-tive, a . [Lat. interpret at ( us ), pa. par. of interpret or = to interpret (q. v.); Eng. adj. suff. -ive .] 1. Fitted or designed for interpretation; explanatory, expounding. 2. Collected or known by interpretation. "The rejecting their additions may justly be deemed an interpretative siding with heresies."-Hammond. in-ter-prě-tā-tive-lý, adv. [Eng. interpret a tive; ly.] In an interpretative manner; so as to interpret. "By this provision the Almighty interpretatively speaks to him in this manner." -Ray: On the Creation. in-ter-prě-ter, *in-ter-pre-tour, s. [English interpret; -er.] 1. One who or that which interprets, explains, or makes clear what is unintelligible, not understood, or not obvious; an expounder, a translator. "Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought." Cowper: Conversation , 23. 2. Specifically, one who explains what a speaker says in one language to the person addre ed in an other. IMG:content-1795.png:[blocks in formation] 2358 In-ter-rē'-ġent, s. [Pref. inter- , and Eng. regent (q. v.).] One who has the chief power during an interregnum (q. v.). in-ter-rěg-num, s. [Lat., from inter- =between, and regnum =a kingdom, a reign.] 1. The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the acce ion of his succe or, or between the ce ation of one government and the establishment of another. 2. An interval during which the powers of the executive are in abeyance, owing to a change of government. "Persons who, under pretence of promoting the union, might really be contriving only to prolong the interreg num." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng , ch. xiii. *in'-ter-reign (eign as ān), *in-ter-reigne, s. [Fr. interrègne , from Lat. interregnum .] An interregnum (q. v.).