interpel

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Latin interpello, from inter (“between”) + pellare, akin to pellere (“to drive”), compare French interpeller.

VerbEdit

interpel (third-person singular simple present interpels, present participle interpelling, simple past and past participle interpelled)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.

See alsoEdit

• interpellate

ReferencesEdit

• interpel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

AnagramsEdit

• pelretin