1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation; conference.
2. (Law) An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe.
3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion.
Interlocutor
(In`ter*loc"u*tor) n. [Cf. F. interlocuteur.]
1. One who takes part in dialogue or conversation; a talker, interpreter, or questioner. Jer. Taylor.
2. (Law) An interlocutory judgment or sentence.
Interlocutory
(In`ter*loc"u*to*ry) a. [Cf. LL. interlocutorius, F. interlocutoire.]
1. Consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational.
Interlocutory discourses in the Holy Scriptures.
Fiddes. 2. (Law) Intermediate; not final or definitive; made or done during the progress of an action.
An order, sentence, decree, or judgment, given in an intermediate stage between the commencement
and termination of a cause, is called interlocutory.
Interlocutory
(In`ter*loc"u*to*ry), n. [Cf. F. interlocutoire.] Interpolated discussion or dialogue.
Interlocutrice
(In`ter*loc"u*trice) n. [F.] A female interlocutor.
Interlope
(In`ter*lope") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Interloped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Interloping.] [See Interloper.]
To run between parties and intercept without right the advantage that one should gain from the other; to
traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
Interloper
(In"ter*lo`per) n. [Pref. inter- + D. looper a runner, fr. loopen to run; akin to E. leap. See
Leap, and cf. Elope.] One who interlopes; one who unlawfully intrudes upon a property, a station, or
an office; one who interferes wrongfully or officiously.
The untrained man, . . . the interloper as to the professions.
I. Taylor. Interlucate
(In`ter*lu"cate) v. t. [L. interlucatus, p. p. of interlucare; inter between + lux, lucis, light.]
To let in light upon, as by cutting away branches. [Obs.]
Interlucation
(In`ter*lu*ca"tion) n. [L. interlucatio.] Act of thinning a wood to let in light. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Interlucent
(In`ter*lu"cent) a. [L. interlucens, p. pr. See Inter-, and Lucent.] Shining between.
Interlude
(In`ter*lude) n. [OE. enterlude, LL. interludium; LL. inter between + ludus play, fr. ludere to
play: cf. F. interlude. See Ludicrous.]
1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the
afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting.
Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes
When monarch reason sleeps.
Dryden. 2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or
Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama.