Definition of intercept

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Intercept (v. t.) To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade..

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Intercipient :: Intercipient (a.) Intercepting; stopping.
Interception :: Interception (n.) The act of intercepting; as, interception of a letter; interception of the enemy..
Veil :: Veil (n.) Something hung up, or spread out, to intercept the view, and hide an object; a cover; a curtain; esp., a screen, usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphnous material, to hide or protect the face..
Obviate :: Obviate (v. t.) To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going..
Interclude :: Interclude (v. t.) To shut off or out from a place or course, by something intervening; to intercept; to cut off; to interrupt..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Countermine :: Countermine (n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
Interclusion :: Interclusion (n.) Interception; a stopping / obstruction.
Interceptive :: Interceptive (a.) Intercepting or tending to intercept.
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..
Articulation :: Articulation (n.) One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc..
Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river..
Intercepter :: Intercepter (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts..
Countermine :: Countermine (v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
Shade :: Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys..
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear..
Intercipient :: Intercipient (n.) One who, or that which, intercepts or stops anything on the passage..
Mist :: Mist (n.) Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision..
Shade :: Shade (v. t.) To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
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