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intercept Verb 1. to stop or seize on the way from one place to another 2. Maths to mark off or include (part of a line, curve, plane, or surface) between two points or lines Noun Maths a. a point at which two figures intersect b. the distance from the origin to the point at which a line, curve, or surface cuts a coordinate axis [Latin intercipere to seize before arrival] interception n interceptor n
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Also he knows whither they are bound, and how, by crossing through the jungle on foot, you may intercept them at their next stop. Instructions and commands were shouted to and fro, with the result that those before her spread roughly into a great half circle to intercept her, and when she turned to the right, hoping to elude the net, she saw others coming from fields beyond, and to the left the same was true. The Mexicans are continually on the alert, to intercept these marauders; but the Indians are apt to outwit them, and force them to make long and wild expeditions in pursuit of their stolen horses. |
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