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Intersect

To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.

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Manner of action 1

Cross 76% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Crossing 74% connected

of Cross

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crossing 74% connected

of Cross

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crossroad 74% connected

A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crossroad 74% connected

A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

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Cross 92% connected

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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