interclude
English
Etymology
From Latin interclūdō; inter (“between”) + claudō (“to shut”). See close.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈkluːd/
Verb
interclude (third-person singular simple present intercludes, present participle intercluding, simple past and past participle intercluded)
- (transitive) To shut off or cut off from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to interrupt.
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
- Next morning the combined forces appeared again in order of battle, in front of the Athenian works, and by their position intercluded the communication of the Athenian general with his fort of Labdalum, and with his northern lines.
- 1669, Robert Boyle, A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-mechanical, Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and Their Effects
- So all passage of external air into the receiver may be intercluded.
- 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece
References
- interclude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.terˈklu.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧clù‧de
Verb
interclude
- third-person singular present indicative of intercludere
Latin
Verb
interclūde
- second-person singular present active imperative of interclūdō