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Webster 1913 Edition


Interjacent

Inˊter-ja′cent

,
Adj.
[L.
interjacens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
interjacere
to lie between;
inter
between +
jacēre
to lie.]
Lying or being between or among; intervening;
as,
interjacent
isles
.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition


Interjacent

INTERJA'CENT

,
Adj.
[L. interjacens, supra.] Lying or being between; intervening; as interjacent isles.

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interjacent

interjacent

English

Adjective

interjacent (not comparable)

  1. situated between; lying among.
    "The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing from one continent to the other..." (Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia)

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interjacent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of interjaceō