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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p. pr & vb n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. To break into or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of to interfere with the current or motion of to cause a temporary cessation of as to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course. --Shak. 2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of as the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.
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