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interrupted |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p. pr & vb n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. To break into or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of to interfere with the current or motion of to cause a temporary cessation of as to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak. 2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of as the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interrupted \In`ter*rupt"ed\, a. 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. 2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interrupted adj 1: discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion" 2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {fitful}, {off-and-on(a)}]
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