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English Dictionary: interrupted	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interrupted adj discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted discussion" intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" Synonym(s): fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interrupt \In`terrupt"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interrupted \In`ter*rupt"ed\, a. 1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped. 2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.