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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interchanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interchanging}.] [OE. entrechangen, OF. entrechangier. See {Inter-}, and {Change}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I shall interchange My waned state for Henry's regal crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to follow alternately; to intermingle; to vary; as, to interchange cares with pleasures. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, v. i. To make an interchange; to alternate. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Interchange \In`ter*change"\, n. [Cf. OF. entrechange.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The mutual exchange of commodities between two persons or countries; barter; commerce. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 3. Alternate succession; alternation; a mingling. [1913 Webster] The interchanges of light and darkness. --Holder. [1913 Webster] Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 4. An intersection between highways, having two or more levels and a series of connecting roadways so that traffic on one highway may pass over or under the other highway without crossing through the line of traffic, and vehicles may pass from one highway to the other while traffic on both highways continues uninterrupted. A common interchange is the {cloverleaf}. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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 reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) [syn: {interchange}, {reciprocation}, {give-and-take}] 3: the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners" [syn: {exchange}, {interchange}] 4: reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); "he earns his living from the interchange of currency" [syn: {exchange}, {interchange}] v 1: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning" [syn: {substitute}, {replace}, {interchange}, {exchange}] 2: give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year" [syn: {exchange}, {change}, {interchange}] 3: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a smaller size" [syn: {counterchange}, {transpose}, {interchange}] 4: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) [syn: {interchange}, {tack}, {switch}, {alternate}, {flip}, {flip- flop}]