The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intercept \In`ter*cept"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intercepted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intercepting.] [L. interceptus, p. p. of intercipere to intercept; inter between + capere to take, seize: cf. F. intercepter. See Capable.]
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To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris.
God will shortly intercept your breath.
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To obstruct or interrupt the progress of; to stop; to hinder or oppose; as, to intercept the current of a river.
Who intercepts me in my expedition?
--Shak.We must meet first, and intercept his course.
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To interrupt communication with, or progress toward; to cut off, as the destination; to blockade.
While storms vindictive intercept the shore.
--Pope. (Math.) To include between; as, that part of the line which is intercepted between the points A and B.
To overhear or view (a communication or message intended for another), without hindering its passage; as, to intercept a telephone call.
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(Sports) To catch and take possession of (a ball passed between members of an opposing team); as, the back intercepted the pass and ran the ball back for a touchdown.
Syn: To cut off; stop; catch; seize; obstruct.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of intercept English)
Usage examples of "intercepting".
At the time, NSA was intercepting about 1,000 messages a day worldwide.
It was equipped with 26 radio receivers, apparatus for intercepting both high and low-speed transmissions, a directionfinder, and tabulating machinery.
Plaintext went in and plaintext came out, while anyone intercepting the message between the two endpoints would pick up nothing but a meaningless sequence of marks and spaces.
Extra power could come from the knowledge obtainable through intercepting communications.
Thus it was that a few weeks after Hitler appointed Hermann Goring as Air Minister in his new government in 1933, the fat ex-air ace established an eight-man unit in his Air Ministry to do as much intercepting as possible.
Even if they had been intercepting and reading the cryptograms, however, the Japanese may not have wanted to waste time looking for the Americans, since none of the messages specified their location.
It aims both at increasing the sensitivity of American intercepting receivers and the security of American transmission methods.
Evidently this proved too much for the intercepting firm, for it no longer won bid after bid.
If Drizzt, at that time in midroll across the table, had realized just how close his form had come to intercepting the twirling war-hammer, he might have had a few choice words for his friend.
He caught Aegis-fang halfway up the handle with his free hand and jabbed diagonally up, the warhammer's solid head intercepting the sword and driving it harmlessly away.
Soon enough, the approaching schooner corrected her course to maintain her intercepting route.
Morik went right, a long and slender sword in one hand, a dagger in the other, intercepting the man before he could get to Wulfgar.
Dwahvel explained, intercepting a nearby waiter with a wave of her hand and taking a drink from his laden tray.
He brought his sword up parallel to the floor, intercepting the blade of one villager and lifting it high.
It was obvious that they had been spotted by the intercepting force, and their choices were few.