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.

Interrupted \In`ter*rupt"ed\, a.
   1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

   2. (Bot.) Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose
      symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets
      are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.

Source : WordNet®

interrupted
     adj 1: discontinued temporarily; "we resumed the interrupted
            discussion"
     2: intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or
        interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" [syn: {fitful}, {off-and-on(a)}]