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interspects

interspects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of interspect.

Meaning of interspect

Verb

interspect (third-person singular simple present interspects, present participle interspecting, simple past and past participle interspected)

  1. To examine or evaluate the relationships between.
    • Also, we interspect certain admonitions and cautions concerning such fallacies of things, and errors in invention, as we meet with in our way.1859, Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England
  2. To appear at intervals within
    • This chasm runs a great length, and is not only always green, but interspected with cataracts of falling water, the delightful murmurings of which add to the solemnity and solitude of the place.1757, A compendium of a journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, pages 125–126

Questions about interspects

What is interspects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Interspects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of interspect.

Words near interspects in the dictionary

  1. interspecificity
  2. interspecimen
  3. interspect
  4. interspected
  5. interspecting
  6. interspects
  7. interspersal
  8. interspersals
  9. intersperse
  10. interspersed
  11. interspersedly

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