interpel
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin interpello, from inter (“between”) + pellare, akin to pellere (“to drive”), compare French interpeller.
Verb
[edit]interpel (third-person singular simple present interpels, present participle interpelling, simple past and past participle interpelled)
- (transitive, obsolete) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “interpel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.