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intersect

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Verb (usu participle)
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in=ter=sect

CIDE DICTIONARY

intersectv. t. [L. intersectus, p. p. of intersecare to intersect; inter + secare to cut. See Section.].
     To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.  [1913 Webster]
    "Lands intersected by a narrow frith
    Abhor each other.
    "  [1913 Webster]
intersectv. i. 
     To cut into one another; to meet and cross each other; as, the point where two lines intersect.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intersect, v.
1 tr. divide (a thing) by passing or lying across it.
2 intr. (of lines, roads, etc.) cross or cut each other.

Etymology
L intersecare intersect- (as INTER-, secare cut)

THESAURUS

intersect

accord, agree, answer to, approach, assent, assort with, bar, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, bisect, center, centralize, check, chime, close, close in, close up, close with, cohere, coincide, come together, concenter, concentralize, concentrate, concur, conform, conform with, consist with, converge, cooperate, correspond, crisscross, cross, crossbar, crosscut, cruciate, cut across, decussate, dovetail, fall in together, fall in with, fit together, funnel, go together, go with, hang together, harmonize, hit, hold together, intercross, interlock, jibe, lie across, lock, match, meet, narrow the gap, nip, overlap, parallel, pinch, register, register with, respond to, run together, sing in chorus, sort with, square, square with, stand together, tally, taper, transverse, traverse, unite

ROGET THESAURUS

intersect

Obliquity

VB intersect, lack parallelism.

Crossing

VB cross, decussate, intersect, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, interdigitate, interlink, twine, entwine, weave, inweave, twist, wreathe, anastomose, inosculate, dovetail, splice, link, lace, tat, mat, plait, plat, braid, felt, twill, tangle, entangle, ravel, net, knot, dishevel, raddle.


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