inter se

[ in-ter see; Latin in-ter se ]

noun

1. (italics) Latin. among or between themselves.
2. Animal Husbandry. the mating of closely related animals to each other.

inter se

/ ˈɪntə ˈseɪ /

adverb

1. among or between themselves

Word History and Origins

Origin of inter se¹

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

Example Sentences

But it would be an endless work to examine all phases of Mill's doctrines, and to show whether or not they are logically consistent inter se.

From Project Gutenberg

Although occasional more or less doubtful instances have been recorded of female mules breeding with the males of one or other of the pure species, it is more than doubtful if any case has occurred of their breeding inter se, although the opportunities of doing so must have been great, as mules have been reared in immense numbers for at least several thousands of years.

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The luminosities of this white light, of the reflected beam, and of the spectral colour are compared "inter se," and there are then sufficient data with which to make numerical registration.

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Disputations among the students were incessant, both “inter se” and “sub cathedrâ”; but it is doubtful whether these did more than sharpen their dialectical wits.

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Throughout these struggles Huxley was the foremost champion for evolution and for fair play to natural selection, although he never entirely accepted the latter theory, holding that until man by his selection had made his domestic breed sterile inter se, there was no sufficient evidence that selection accounts for natural species which are thus separated by the barrier of sterility.

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