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Intercedence
(In`ter*ced"ence) n. The act of interceding; intercession; intervention. [R.] Bp. Reynolds.

Intercedent
(In`ter*ced"ent), a. [L. intercedens, p. pr. of intercedere.] Passing between; mediating; pleading. [R.] — In`ter*ced"ent*ly, adv.

Interceder
(In`ter*ced"er) n. One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator. Johnson.

Intercellular
(In`ter*cel"lu*lar) a. Lying between cells or cellules; as, intercellular substance, space, or fluids; intercellular blood channels.

Intercentral
(In`ter*cen"tral) a. Between centers.

Intercentral nerves (Physiol.), those nerves which transmit impulses between nerve centers, as opposed to peripheral fibers, which convey impulses between peripheral parts and nerve centers.

Intercentrum
(||In`ter*cen"trum) n.; pl. Intercentra (Anat.) The median of the three elements composing the centra of the vertebræ in some fossil batrachians.

Intercept
(In`ter*cept") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercepting.] [L. interceptus, p. p. of intercipere to intercept; inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See Capable.]

1. 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.

God will shortly intercept your breath.
Joye.

2. To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.

Who intercepts me in my expedition?
Shak.
We must meet first, and intercept his course.
Dryden.

3. To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.

While storms vindictive intercept the shore.
Pope.

4. (Math.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.

Syn. — To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.

Intercept
(In"ter*cept`) n. (Math.) A part cut off or intercepted, as a portion of a line included between two points, or cut off two straight lines or curves.

Intercepter
(In`ter*cept"er) n. One who, or that which, intercepts. Shak.

Interception
(In`ter*cep"tion) n. [L. interceptio a taking away: cf. F. interception.] The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy.

Interceptive
(In`ter*cept"ive) a. Intercepting or tending to intercept.

Intercession
(In`ter*ces"sion) n. [L. intercessio an intervention, a becoming surety: cf. F. intercession. See Intercede.] The act of interceding; mediation; interposition between parties at variance, with a view to reconcilation; prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of, or (less often) against, another or others.

But the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered.
Rom. viii. 26.