inter se
Americannoun
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(italics) among or between themselves.
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Animal Husbandry. the mating of closely related animals to each other.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of inter se
First recorded in 1885–90, inter se is from Latin inter sē
Example Sentences
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The "inner college" will therefore merely stress the contacts inter se which students at large universities do not often enjoy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Relations inter se of the Signatories to the Protocol.
From The Geneva Protocol by Miller, David Hunter
We see this clearly when hybrids are paired inter se, for the characters of either grandparent often reappear, either perfectly or by segments, in the progeny.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles
A group of individuals which, while fully fertile inter se, are sterile with all other individuals—or, at any rate, do not generate fully fertile hybrids.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John
He did so in a publication entitled: "Farrago Confusanearum et inter se Dissidentium Opinionum de Coena Domini—Medley of Confused and Mutually Dissenting Opinions on the Lord's Supper, compiled from the books of the Sacramentarians," 1552.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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