INTERCEPT

I. transitive verb see: heave Date: 15th century prevent , hinder , 2. to stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival, to receive (a communication or signal directed elsewhere) usually secretly, to interrupt communication or connection with, to include (part of a curve, surface, or solid) between two points, curves, or surfaces , 5. to gain possession of (an opponent's pass), to ~ a pass thrown by (an opponent), II. noun Date: 1821 the distance from the origin to a point where a graph crosses a coordinate axis, ~ion , a message, code, or signal that is ~ed (as by monitoring radio communications)