Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Interrupt \In`ter*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interrupted}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Interrupting}.] [L. interruptus, p. p. of
   interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break.
   See {Rupture}.]
   1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking
      in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the
      current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of;
      as, to interrupt the remarks speaking.

            Do not interrupt me in my course.     --Shak.

   2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the
      evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.