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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Ĭn’ter-mĕd’dle, v. i. p. 706To meddle in the affairs of others, in which one has no concern; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain has been, by war and by…Ĭn’ter-mĕd’dle, v. t. p. 706To cause to become interposed or mingled; to mix. [Rare.] ............................................................ Spenser.Ĭn′ter-mĕd′dlĕr, n. p. 706One who meddles with, or intrudes into, business which does not concern him.Ĭn’ter·mĕd’dle-sōme, a. p. 706Inclined or disposed to intermeddle.Ĭn′ter-mĕd′dle-sōme-ness, n. p. 707The quality of being intermeddlesome.Intermède, n. p. 707An interlude; a short musical dramatic piece, usually of a burlesque character.Ĭn′ter-mē′di-a-cy, n. p. 707Interposition; intervention. [Rare.] Derham.In·ter-me'di·al, a. p. 707Lying between; intervening; intervenient; intermediate. “Inter-medial colors.” Evelyn.In·ter·me'di·an, a. p. 707Lying between; intermediate. [Obs.] Blount.In·ter·mē'di·a·ry, a. p. 707Lying between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. Wade. 2. (Min.) Intermediate in position between the planes on an edge and those on the angle; — said of the secondary planes on crystals.In'ter·mē'di·a·ry, n. p. 707That which lies between, or is intermediate. — They [senates] have been instruments, but never intermediaries. Landor.In·ter·me'di·ate, a. p. 707Lying or being in the middle place or degree between two extremes; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space between hills or rivers; intermediate colors. Intermediate state…Ĭn’ter-mē’di-āte, v. i. p. 707To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.Ĭn’ter-mē’di-ate-ly, adv. p. 707By way of intervention.Ĭn’ter-mē’di-ā’tion, n. p. 707Intervention; common means. Burke.Ĭn′ter-mē′di-ā′tor, n. p. 707A mediator between parties.In′ter·me′di·ăm, n. p. 707Intermediate space. [Rare.] 2. An intervening agent or instrument.Ĭn’ter-mĕll, v. t. or i. p. 707To intermix or intermeddle. [Obs.] Marston.In-tĕr'ment, n. p. 707The act of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation.ĭn’ter-mĕn’tion, v. t. p. 707To mention among other things; to include. [Obs.]Ĭn’ter-mĕss, n. p. 707A short service coming between the parts of a longer or principal one; an intermediate or intervening service. [Obs.] Evelyn.In'ter-mĕz'zō, n. p. 707(Mus.) An interlude; an intermede. See INTERMEDE.In'ter-mī'eāte, v. i. p. 707To shine between or among. [Obs.] Blount.In’ter-mi-cā’tion, n. p. 707A shining between or among. [Rare.]Ĭn’ter-mĭ-grā’tĭon, n. p. 707Reciprocal migration; removal from one country to another by men or tribes which take the place each of the other.In-tĕr′mi-na-ble, a. p. 707Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings. Syn. — Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite…In-těr′mi-na-ble, n. p. 707The Deity, as being confined by no limits. Milton.In-tēr′mi-na-ble-ness, n. p. 707The state of being endless.In·tĕr′mi·na·bly, adv. p. 707Without end or limit.In-tĕr′-mi-nate, a. p. 707Unbounded; unlimited; endless; as, interminate sleep.In-tĕr′-mi-nāte, v. t. p. 707To menace; to threaten. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.In-tĕr′/mi-nā′tion, n. p. 707A menace or threat. [Obs.] Hall.Ĭn'ter-mīne', v. t. p. 707To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] Drayton.Ĭn'ter-mĭn'gle, v. t. p. 707To mingle or mix together; to put with other things. “A field where tares . . . do grow intermingled with good corn.” Hooker.Ĭn'ter-mĭn'gle, v. i. p. 707To be mixed or incorporated.Ĭn’ter-mīse, n. p. 707Interference; interposition; intervention. [Obs.] Bacon.In·ter-mis’sion, n. p. 707The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse. [Obs.] R. Jon. 2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; a temporary pause; as, to labor without…Ĭn/ter-mis'sive, a. p. 707Coming by fits, or after temporary cessations; not continual; alternating. Howell.Ĭn’ter-mĭt’,, v. t. p. 707To cause to cease for a time; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague That needs must light on this ingratitude. Shak.In'ter-mit',, v. i. p. 707To cease for a time; to go off at intervals, as a fever. Intermitting or intermittent springs, springs which flow at intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They owe their…Ĭn/ter-mit'tent, a. p. 707Ceasing at intervals; as, an intermittent fever.Ĭn'/ter-mĭt'tent, n. p. 707(Med.) A disease which entirely subsides or ceases at certain intervals;—a term particularly applied to the ague and fever.Ĭn’ter-mit’ting-ly, adv. p. 707With intermissions; at intervals.Ĭn’ter-mĭx’, v. t. p. 707To mix together; to intermingle. In yonder spring of roses, intermixt With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton.Ĭn/ter-mĭx’, v. i. p. 707To be mixed together; to be intermingled.In/ter-mix'ed ly, adv. p. 707In the way of mixture.In'ter-mixt'üre, n. p. 707A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. 2. Admixture; something additional mingled in a mass. In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon.Ĭn/ter-mo-bĭl'i-ty, n. p. 707Capacity of things to move among themselves; as, the intermobility of the particles of matter.Ĭn’ter-mo-dill’ion, n. p. 707(Arch.) The space between two modillions.Ĭn'/ter-mōn'/tāne, a. p. 707Between mountains; as, intermontane soil. Mease.Ĭn’ter-mūn’dāne, a. p. 707Being between worlds, or between orb and orb. “Intermundane spaces.” Locke.Ĭn′ter-mūn′di-an, a. p. 707Intermundane. [Obs.]Ĭn’ter-mū’ral, a. p. 707Lying between walls.In'ter-mūre', v. t. p. 707To wall in; to inclose. [Obs.] Her bosom yet is intermured with ice. Ford.Ĭn/ter-mŭs'eu-lar, a. p. 707Between the muscles.Ĭn’ter-mu-tā’tion, n. p. 707Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.ĭn’ter-mūt’ū-al, a. p. 707Mutual. [Obs.] Daniel.In/ter-müt'u-al-ly, adv. p. 707Mutually; — a pleonasm. [Obs.] Daniel.In-tĕrn', a. p. 707Internal. [Obs.] Howell.In-tërne', n. p. 707That which is within; interior. “Most interior of the interne.” E. B. Browning.