▪ I. † interˈcide, v.1 Obs. rare.
[ad. L. intercīdĕre to cut through, f. inter between + cædĕre to cut.]
a. = incide v.1 2. b. To interrupt, intermit.
| 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., The syxth vtylyte that Galyen putteth is to entrebreake, and intercyde the matter. a 1641 Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 112 Then was not the Scepter utterly departed from Iudah,..but onely intercided for a season. |
▪ II. † interˈcide, v.2 Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. intercidĕre to fall between, fall through, f. inter between + cadĕre to fall.]
intr. To fall through, fall to the ground, come to nothing.
| 1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Pref., The travels of very many did utterly intercide and perish. |