Meaning of inter- | Babel Free

Definitions

1. inter-, between, in between, among, together
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2. denoting interruption or hindrance
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3. apart, asunder
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4. at intervals, from time to time, for a time or while
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5. indicating destruction and/or death; emphasizes the meaning of verbs already with this sense
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Equivalents

Examples

“inter- + pōnō (“to place”) → interpōnō (“to place between”)”

“inter- + serō (“to plant”) → interserō (“to plant or sow between, among; to intersperce”)”

“inter- + iaceō (“to lie down”) → interiaceō (“to lie between”)”

“inter- + iaciō (“to throw”) → intericiō (“to throw between”)”

“inter- + capiō (“to catch, take”) → intercipiō (“to intercept”): that is, to catch between the target's start and arrival.”

“inter- + cedō (“to move”) → intercēdō (“to interrupt”)”

“inter- + loquor (“to speak”) → interloquor (“to speak as to interrupt”)”

“inter- + secō (“to cut”) → intersecō (“to cut apart”)”

“inter- + rumpō (“to break”) → interrumpō (“to break apart”)”

“inter- + visō (“to stare at”) → intervīsō (“to see from time to time → to visit”)”

“inter- + quiēscō (“to rest”) → interquiēscō (“to rest for a while”)”

“inter- + eō (“to go”) → intereō (“to die”)”

“inter- + faciō (“to do; to shape”) → interficiō (“to kill”)”

“inter- + emō (“to acquire; *to take”) → perimō (“to destroy; to kill”)”

“inter- + necō (“to kill”) → internecō (“to utterly kill; to destroy”)”

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