Intercept, 1) to take in the way, to stop in progress: Gent. III, 1, 43. H4A I, 3, 151. H6C II, 1, 114. R3 IV, 4, 136 (Ff who --s me in my expedition? Qq who --s my expedition?). H8 III, 2, 286.
2) to put a stop to, to restrain: “to i. this inconvenience,” H6A I, 4, 14. “being --ed in your sport,” Tit. II, 3, 80. “they will not i. my tale,” III, 1, 40. With from: “she that might have --ed thee from all the slaughters,” R3 IV, 4, 137.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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