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interfaith

adjective · involving persons of different religious faiths

Example: an interfaith marriage

interfere

verb · come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle

Example: Your talking interferes with my work!

interiorize

verb · incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

Example: internalize a belief

interlard

verb · introduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions

interlinking

adjective · linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

interlocutory injunction

noun · injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

intermediate

adjective · lying between two extremes in time or space or state

Example: going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands

intermediately

adverb · to an intermediate degree

Example: intermediately hot

intermeshed

adjective · caught as if in a mesh

Example: enmeshed in financial difficulties

intermingle

verb · combine into one

Example: blend the nuts and raisins together

internationalism

noun · quality of being international in scope

Example: he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology

interne

noun · an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)

interpolate

verb · insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby

interpose

verb · to insert between other elements

Example: She interjected clever remarks

interpret

verb · make sense of a language

Example: She understands French

interrogate

verb · pose a series of questions to

Example: The suspect was questioned by the police

interrogatively

adverb · with curiosity

Example: the baby looked around curiously

interscholastic

adjective · used of competition or cooperation between secondary schools

intertwine

verb · spin,wind, or twist together

Example: intertwine the ribbons

interweave

verb · interlace by or as if by weaving

intimately

adverb · with great or especially intimate knowledge

Example: we knew them well

intimidate

verb · make timid or fearful

Example: Her boss intimidates her

into the wind

adverb · in the direction opposite to the direction the wind is blowing

Example: they flew upwind

intolerably

adverb · to an unacceptable degree

Example: The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high

intolerant

adjective · narrow-minded about cherished opinions

intonate

verb · recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

Example: The rabbi chanted a prayer

intransitivize

verb · intransitivize

Example: removing the object will intransitivize the verbs

intrasentential

adjective · of or relating to constituents within a sentence

Example: intrasentential co-occurrence

intraspecific

adjective · arising or occurring within a species; involving the members of one species

Example: intraspecific competition

intravenously

adverb · in an intravenous manner

Example: the patient had to be fed intravenously

intromit

verb · allow to enter; grant entry to

Example: We cannot admit non-members into our club building

intrude on

verb · to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

Example: This new colleague invades my territory

intrust

verb · confer a trust upon

Example: The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret

intubate

verb · introduce a cannula or tube into

Example: Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck

intuitively

adverb · in an intuitive manner

Example: inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles

intumesce

verb · expand abnormally

Example: The bellies of the starving children are swelling

intussuscept

verb · introvert or invaginate

Example: the intussuscepted gut

inunct

verb · administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing

inure

verb · cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Example: He was inured to the cold

invade

verb · march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

Example: Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939

invalid

adjective · no longer valid

Example: the license is invalid

invalidate

verb · take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Example: invalidate a contract

inveigh

verb · speak against in an impassioned manner

Example: he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society

inveigle

verb · influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Example: He palavered her into going along

inventive

adjective · (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action- Lewis Mumford

Example: an imaginative use of material

inversely

adverb · in an inverse or contrary manner- F.A.Geldard

Example: inversely related

invert

verb · turn inside out or upside down

invert soap

noun · a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation

inverted

adjective · (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk

investigate

verb · conduct an inquiry or investigation of

Example: The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities

investment trust

noun · a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies

invigorate

verb · impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

Example: Exercise is invigorating

invigoration

noun · the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

inviolate

adjective · (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken

Example: she was intact, virginal

invisible

adjective · not prominent or readily noticeable

Example: he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole