Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interchange"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Interchanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interchanging}.] [OE.
entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See {Inter-}, and {Change}.]
1. To put each in the place of the other; to give and take
mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange
places; they interchanged friendly offices and services.
I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal
crown. --Shak.
2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary;
as, to interchange cares with pleasures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i.
To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interchange \In`ter*change"\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.]
1. The act of mutually changing; the act of mutually giving
and receiving; exchange; as, the interchange of civilities
between two persons. ``Interchange of kindnesses.''
--South.
2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or
countries; barter; commerce. --Howell.
3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling.
The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder.
Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods,
and plains. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interchange
n 1: a junction of highways on different levels that permits
traffic to move from one to another without crossing
traffic streams
2: mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or
reciprocating [syn: {reciprocation}, {give-and-take}]
3: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially
the currencies of different countries: "he earns his
living from the interchange of currency" [syn: {exchange}]
v 1: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change
places with me?" "We have been exchanging letters for a
year" [syn: {exchange}, {change}]
2: cause to change places, as of parts, for example [syn: {counterchange},
{transpose}]
3: reverse, as of direction or attitude [syn: {switch}, {alternate},
{flip}, {flip-flop}]
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