--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 29 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 29 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* How strong or extreme something is.[↗](../../intensity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The amount of light, sound, heat or energy, as in light intensity.[↗](../../intensity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Strong feeling or seriousness.[↗](../../intensity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We measured the light intensity in different rooms.[↗](../../intensity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The intensity of the storm grew overnight.[↗](../../intensity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sound intensity is measured in decibels.[↗](../../intensity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke with great intensity.[↗](../../intensity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · High-intensity exercise makes your heart beat fast.[↗](../../intensity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The intensity of the colour faded in the sun.[↗](../../intensity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Fine gentlemen though he was, the intensity of his communings had soiled his ruff, and suddenly he knew that she was gazing at it.[↗](../../intensity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intensive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intensive means using a lot of effort or work in a short time: «an intensive course».[↗](../../intensive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) Intensive care is a part of a hospital for very ill people who need constant care and special machines.[↗](../../intensive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Intensive farming uses lots of machines, chemicals or animals in a small space to produce more food.[↗](../../intensive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She took an intensive swimming course in the holidays.[↗](../../intensive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa was in intensive care after his operation.[↗](../../intensive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Intensive farming produces lots of food from small fields.[↗](../../intensive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The team had an intensive week of training.[↗](../../intensive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors in intensive care watch patients day and night.[↗](../../intensive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning French in two weeks was intensive.[↗](../../intensive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Intensive chicken farms keep many birds indoors.[↗](../../intensive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The search was intensive but quick.[↗](../../intensive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun, formal) What someone means or plans to do; purpose, as in «with intent to steal».[↗](../../intent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) «intent on» — very determined to do something.[↗](../../intent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Paying very close attention, as in «an intent look».[↗](../../intent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was intent on finishing the puzzle.[↗](../../intent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was charged with breaking in with intent to steal.[↗](../../intent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat watched the bird with an intent look.[↗](../../intent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My intent was to help, not to annoy you.[↗](../../intent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · To all intents and purposes, the game was over.[↗](../../intent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys were intent on building the den.[↗](../../intent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was standing there by night like one intent on doing evil.[↗](../../intent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intention** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* What you plan or mean to do: your aim or purpose.[↗](../../intention/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law, ethics) What you meant to happen: in ethics and law it matters whether harm was done on purpose or by accident.[↗](../../intention/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) A special purpose or person that a prayer or Mass is offered for: «Mass for the intentions of…».[↗](../../intention/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (old-fashioned) «His intentions» can mean whether a man plans to marry someone.[↗](../../intention/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My intention was to help, not to make a mess.[↗](../../intention/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have no intention of going to bed early\![↗](../../intention/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She went to the shop with the intention of buying bread.[↗](../../intention/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our learning intention today is to add fractions.[↗](../../intention/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He had good intentions but forgot.[↗](../../intention/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest offered the Mass for the intentions of the sick.[↗](../../intention/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge asked about the man's intention.[↗](../../intention/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The best intentions will not always ensure success.[↗](../../intention/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intentional** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Intentional means done on purpose, deliberately, not by accident.[↗](../../intentional/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Was the trip intentional or an accident?[↗](../../intentional/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee gave a red card for an intentional handball.[↗](../../intentional/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The spelling mistake was intentional, to make the joke work.[↗](../../intentional/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Intentional kindness can make someone's day.[↗](../../intentional/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked if the damage was intentional.[↗](../../intentional/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire was intentional, said the police.[↗](../../intentional/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many ancient authors added intentional blinds, such as forming the Triad of A.M.T., Ameth, truth ; and of AMN, Amen.[↗](../../intentional/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../intentional/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Seven Heavens and the Seven Earths are printed with errors, and I believe intentional mistakes, in many occult ancient books.[↗](../../intentional/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../intentional/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **intentionally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* On purpose; meaning to do it, not by accident.[↗](../../intentionally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She didn't break the vase intentionally; it slipped.[↗](../../intentionally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He intentionally left the door open for the cat.[↗](../../intentionally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The referee said the foul was done intentionally.[↗](../../intentionally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never hurt an animal intentionally.[↗](../../intentionally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I intentionally kept the surprise secret.[↗](../../intentionally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The page was left blank intentionally.[↗](../../intentionally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intently** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* With close attention, with the mind fixed on one thing.[↗](../../intently/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Keeping the eyes or ears firmly turned to something.[↗](../../intently/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She listened intently to the soft voice.[↗](../../intently/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox watched the hen intently.[↗](../../intently/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He gazed intently at his friend's face.[↗](../../intently/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pay attention intently to the question.[↗](../../intently/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · From the place of His habitation He looketh intently upon all the inhabitants of the earth; (Writings PSA.33.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intently/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **inter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To bury a dead person in a grave or tomb.[↗](../../inter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (prefix «inter-») Between or among: international (between nations), interact, interval, internet.[↗](../../inter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) «Inter» is the short name of Inter Milan (Internazionale), an Italian football club.[↗](../../inter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In old dialect speech, inter can mean "into".[↗](../../inter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The king was interred in Westminster Abbey.[↗](../../inter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her ashes were interred in the family grave.[↗](../../inter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Interact» means to act with each other.[↗](../../inter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An international match is a match between nations.[↗](../../inter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers were interred in a war cemetery in France.[↗](../../inter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Inter beat Juventus at the weekend.[↗](../../inter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Bahir, the Thirty-Two Ways are associated with the gematria value of לֵב lev ‘heart’ (\[Bahir 63\], \[Bahir 95\] inter alia cf.[↗](../../inter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../inter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on \[Genesis 1:1\], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.\][↗](../../inter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.[↗](../../inter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../inter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **interact** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To interact means to talk, play or work with other people and respond to them.[↗](../../interact/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, things interact when they affect each other, like chemicals reacting or animals in a food web.[↗](../../interact/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To interact with a computer, game or display means to use it by clicking, touching or speaking.[↗](../../interact/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our puppy loves to interact with other dogs.[↗](../../interact/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new pupil was shy but soon began to interact with the class.[↗](../../interact/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants and animals interact in a habitat.[↗](../../interact/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some medicines interact with each other badly.[↗](../../interact/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can interact with the museum displays by pressing buttons.[↗](../../interact/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We interact online, but be careful who you talk to.[↗](../../interact/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees and flowers interact: bees get food, flowers get pollen moved.[↗](../../interact/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The game lets players interact with characters.[↗](../../interact/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **interaction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When two or more people or things act on each other, talk or work together.[↗](../../interaction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) The way two forces, chemicals or living things affect each other.[↗](../../interaction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Playing together is a good kind of interaction.[↗](../../interaction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees and flowers have a helpful interaction.[↗](../../interaction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has many interactions you can touch.[↗](../../interaction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some medicines have a bad interaction.[↗](../../interaction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There is lots of interaction between pupils in group work.[↗](../../interaction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The game reacts to every interaction with the screen.[↗](../../interaction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interbred** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (biology) Bred together: when two different kinds of animals or plants mate and have young.[↗](../../interbred/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Had young with a different group, species or variety, mixing their genes.[↗](../../interbred/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Scientists found that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred long ago.[↗](../../interbred/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Horses and donkeys can be interbred to produce mules.[↗](../../interbred/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A liger is the young of a lion and tiger that interbred.[↗](../../interbred/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild wolves and dogs have sometimes interbred.[↗](../../interbred/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer interbred two kinds of wheat to make a stronger one.[↗](../../interbred/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Species that have interbred share some genes.[↗](../../interbred/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **interbreed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To interbreed means for animals or plants of different kinds, breeds or groups to mate and have young together.[↗](../../interbreed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lions and tigers can interbreed in zoos, but not in the wild.[↗](../../interbreed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Horses and donkeys interbreed to produce mules.[↗](../../interbreed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves and dogs can interbreed.[↗](../../interbreed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Neanderthals and modern humans interbred long ago.[↗](../../interbreed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers interbred cattle to get better milk.[↗](../../interbreed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Two species that cannot interbreed are kept apart by nature.[↗](../../interbreed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intercede** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To speak up for someone, asking a person in power to forgive them or to help them.[↗](../../intercede/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The villagers asked the queen to intercede for the boy.[↗](../../intercede/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mother interceded, and the king forgave him.[↗](../../intercede/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The gods interceded for the brave hero.[↗](../../intercede/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen; I will take vengeance, and will let no man intercede.[↗](../../intercede/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.47.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intercede/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **intercept** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To stop someone or something on the way and catch or block it before it gets where it was going: intercept a pass.[↗](../../intercept/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To secretly catch messages meant for someone else: intercept a letter.[↗](../../intercept/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) An intercept is the point where a line or graph crosses an axis: the y-intercept.[↗](../../intercept/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The defender intercepted the pass.[↗](../../intercept/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Codebreakers intercepted secret messages in the war.[↗](../../intercept/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police intercepted the stolen car.[↗](../../intercept/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The line y = 2x + 3 has a y-intercept of 3.[↗](../../intercept/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Find where the graph intercepts the x-axis.[↗](../../intercept/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goalkeeper intercepted the cross.[↗](../../intercept/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But while looking for the truth, came the evil one, the father of lies, to intercept him.[↗](../../intercept/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).[↗](../../intercept/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../intercept/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **interception** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of stopping or catching something on its way from one place to another.[↗](../../interception/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) Catching or taking the ball when the other team passes it, especially in American football, netball, rugby and football.[↗](../../interception/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Secretly catching or reading a message, call or letter meant for someone else.[↗](../../interception/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The goalkeeper's interception stopped the attack.[↗](../../interception/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our netball team won because of Sophie's clever interception.[↗](../../interception/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In American football, an interception means the defence catches a pass meant for the other team.[↗](../../interception/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spy's message never arrived because of an interception.[↗](../../interception/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The interception of the letter gave the detectives their clue.[↗](../../interception/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His quick interception saved the vase from hitting the floor.[↗](../../interception/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The quarterback threw two interceptions in the first half.[↗](../../interception/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **intercession** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of speaking up for someone to save them from harm or punishment.[↗](../../intercession/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Through his wife's intercession, the sultan spared the man's life.[↗](../../intercession/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prisoner was freed by the queen's intercession.[↗](../../intercession/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We did not get the prize, but the teacher's intercession helped.[↗](../../intercession/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to Me; for I will not hear thee.[↗](../../intercession/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intercession/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **intercessor** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who pleads with another for someone else's sake.[↗](../../intercessor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thy first father sinned, and thine intercessors have transgressed against Me.[↗](../../intercessor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.43.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intercessor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God; (Writings JOB.16.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intercessor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If there be for him an angel, an intercessor, one among a thousand, to vouch for a man's uprightness; (Writings JOB.33.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../intercessor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **interchangeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to be swapped or exchanged for each other without making any difference.[↗](../../interchangeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* So alike that one could easily replace the other.[↗](../../interchangeable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The heads on this toothbrush are interchangeable.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In this sentence, «big» and «large» are interchangeable.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In addition, the numbers are interchangeable: 4 + 7 is the same as 7 + 4.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In subtraction, the numbers are not interchangeable: 9 − 2 is not 2 − 9.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Lego bricks are interchangeable, so you can build anything.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The players on the team are not interchangeable; each has a special job.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · These two chargers look the same, but they are not interchangeable.[↗](../../interchangeable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **interchangeably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way where two or more things can be swapped for each other without changing the result or meaning.[↗](../../interchangeably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* People use sofa and couch interchangeably.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · These batteries can be used interchangeably.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The words big and large are often used interchangeably.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In this game, red and blue cards work interchangeably.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and Mom are used interchangeably in some families.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Speed and velocity are not quite interchangeable in science.[↗](../../interchangeably/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **intercourse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together.[↗](../../intercourse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (Other meanings are for older readers.).[↗](../../intercourse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our families have had friendly intercourse for many years.[↗](../../intercourse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two kingdoms kept up a peaceful intercourse.[↗](../../intercourse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Trade and talk made up their intercourse.[↗](../../intercourse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **interdependency** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A condition in which things depend on one another.[↗](../../interdependency/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.\][↗](../../interdependency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How did He combine them?[↗](../../interdependency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../interdependency/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **interdict** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An official order that forbids something.[↗](../../interdict/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.[↗](../../interdict/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interdict/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.'[↗](../../interdict/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interdict/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'[↗](../../interdict/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.6.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interdict/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **interest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Interest is the feeling of wanting to know more about something.[↗](../../interest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An interest is something you like doing or learning about, like a hobby.[↗](../../interest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In money, interest is extra money a bank pays you for saving, or extra money you pay when you borrow.[↗](../../interest/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To interest someone means to make them want to know more.[↗](../../interest/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has a big interest in dinosaurs.[↗](../../interest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My interests are football, drawing and reading.[↗](../../interest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank pays interest on my savings.[↗](../../interest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He lost interest in the game after a while.[↗](../../interest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Does space interest you?[↗](../../interest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's in your interest to finish your homework.[↗](../../interest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Places of interest in London include the Tower.[↗](../../interest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Show interest when your friend tells you a story.[↗](../../interest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Finnian received that information with respect and interest.[↗](../../interest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.[↗](../../interest/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.37, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.[↗](../../interest/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest.[↗](../../interest/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.[↗](../../interest/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.[↗](../../interest/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.28.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?[↗](../../interest/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.2.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../interest/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) … [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/28/) **29** [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/30/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 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