Lewis Short
(verb) : inter-sĕco, sĕcui, sectum, 1
* To cut asunder, separate, divide, intersect (postclass.): Tiberis media intersecans moenia,Amm. 29, 6, 17: mediam paludem,id. 15, 4, 4: aquarum ductibus intersectis,id. 21, 12, 17: terras,id. 23, 6, 13: telluris complexum intersecat (Nilus) multitudine fluviorum,Mart. Cap. 6, § 626.
* Trop., to fix in channels, impress deeply: ipsa pronuntiatione eas res ... inserere atque insecare in animis auditorum,Auct. Her. 3, 14, 24.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary