intermate

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verb

To mate with a member of another species or group.

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Meanings

verbintermate (third-person singular simple present intermates, present participle intermating, simple past and past participle intermated)

present singular third person intermates · participle present intermating · participle past intermated · past intermated

  1. To mate with a member of another species or group.

    In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.

    1918, Jack London, The Red One

Origin

From inter- + mate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

terminateMarinetteinterteamtretamineantimetertetramine
Cite this entry
APA

intermate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermate

MLA

“intermate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intermate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intermate.

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