INTERCEPT
\ˌɪntəsˈɛpt], \ˌɪntəsˈɛpt], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_s_ˈɛ_p_t]\
Definitions of INTERCEPT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
By Princeton University
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seize on its way; "The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
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To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
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To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
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To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
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A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
By Oddity Software
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To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
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To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
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To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
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To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
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A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To stop and seize on its passage: to obstruct, check: to interrupt communication with: to cut off: (math.) to take or compre hend between.
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INTERCEPTER, INTERCEPTOR, INTERCEPTION.
By Daniel Lyons
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To interrupt the course of; stop in transmission.
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Intercepter or interceptor.
By James Champlin Fernald
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