intermate

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ mate.

Verb

intermate (third-person singular simple present intermates, present participle intermating, simple past and past participle intermated)

  1. To mate with a member of another species or group.
    • 1918, Jack London, The Red One:
      In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.

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