interpel
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.