inter se

American  

[in-ter see, in-ter se] / ˈɪn tər ˈsi, ˈɪn tɛr ˈsɛ /

noun

1. (italics) among or between themselves.

2. Animal Husbandry. the mating of closely related animals to each other.

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inter se British  

/ ˈɪntə ˈseɪ /

adverb

1. among or between themselves

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Etymology

Origin of inter se

First recorded in 1885–90, inter se is from Latin inter sē

Example Sentences

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inter se

The "inner college" will therefore merely stress the contacts inter se which students at large universities do not often enjoy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such a form gave rise to descendants differing inter se as regards the suppression of the radial canals and of the podia, the form of the tentacles, and the development of respiratory trees.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Calvin had previously directed attention to the circumstance that the following verse also is in favour of the translation by tollere: "Servare et tollere inter se opponit propheta."

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Conversation between the members of the Universities was ordered to be carried on either in Latin or French:—"Si qua inter se proferant, colloquio Latino vel saltem Gallico perfruantur."—Statutes of Oriel College, Oxford.—Hallam, ibid. from Warton.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

In his prefatory remarks upon the goat, Buffon complains of the want of systematic and certified experiment as to what breeds and species will be fertile inter se, and with what results.

From Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin by Samuel Butler