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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interchanged}; p. pr & vb n. {Interchanging}.] [OE. entrechangen OF entrechangier See {Inter-}, and {Change}.] 1. To put each in the place of the other to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as to interchange places; they interchanged friendly offices and services. I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. --Shak. 2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as to interchange cares with pleasures. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i. To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, n. [Cf. OF entrechange.] 1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving and receiving; exchange; as the interchange of civilities between two persons. ``Interchange of kindnesses.'' --South. 2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. --Howell. 3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interchange n 1: a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams 2: mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating [syn: {reciprocation}, {give-and-take}] 3: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries: "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" [syn: {exchange}] v 1: give to and receive from one another; "Would you change places with me?" "We have been exchanging letters for a year" [syn: {exchange}, {change}] 2: cause to change places, as of parts for example [syn: {counterchange}, {transpose}] 3: reverse, as of direction or attitude [syn: {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip-flop}]
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