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)
- (transitive, obsolete) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with.
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- interpel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913