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Webster 1913 Edition

Interclude

Inˊter-clude′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intercluded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intercluding
.]
[L.
intercludere
,
interclusum
;
inter
between +
claudere
to shut. See
Close
, and cf.
Interclose
.]
To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt.
Mitford.
So all passage of external air into the receiver may be
intercluded
.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Interclude

INTERCLU'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[l. intercludo; inter and cludo, to shut.]
1.
To shut from a place or course by something intervening; to intercept.
2.
To cut off; to interrupt.

Definition 2024

interclude

interclude

English

Verb

interclude ‎(third-person singular simple present intercludes, present participle intercluding, simple past and past participle intercluded)

  1. (transitive) To shut off or cut off from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to interrupt.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mitford to this entry?)
    • Boyle
      So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded.

Italian

Verb

interclude

  1. third-person singular present indicative of intercludere

Latin

Verb

interclūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of interclūdō

Etymology

Latin intercludere, interclusum; inter between + claudere to shut. See close.

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