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a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, races, castes, or nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, races, castes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and plebeians to intermarry. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to the intermaxillæ. -- n. An intermaxilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something done in the meantime; interlude. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare to go. ] A flowing between. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle. ] To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. [ 1913 Webster ]

The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.

Syn. -- To interpose; interfere. See Interpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many other adventures are intermeddled. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of improperly interfering. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. intermède, fr. L. inter between + medius, adj., middle; cf. It. intermedio. Cf. Intermezzo. ] A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Intermediate. ] Interposition; intervention. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial. ] (Zool.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius. ] Lying between; intervening; intermediate. “Intermedial colors.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Intermediate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. intermédiaire. ] Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intermediary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after inflammation has set in. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intermediaries One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between; a mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat. ] 1. Lying or being in the middle place or degree, or between two extremes; coming or done between; intervening; interposed; interjacent; as, an intermediate space or time; intermediate colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Of or pertaining to an intermediate school; as, intermediate education. [ PJC ]

Intermediate state (Theol.), the state or condition of the soul between the death and the resurrection of the body. --
Intermediate terms (Math.), the terms of a progression or series between the first and the last (which are called the extremes); the means. --
Intermediate tie. (Arch.) Same as Intertie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who intermediates between others, especially in negotiations; an intermediary; a mediator. [ PJC ]

2. Something that is intermediate. [ PJC ]

3. Specifically: (Chem.) A compound which is produced in the course of a chemical synthesis, which is not itself the final product, but is used in further reactions which produce the final product; also called synthetic intermediate, intermediate compound or intermediate product; -- contrasted to starting material and end product or final product. There may be many different intermediates between the starting material and end product in the course of a complex synthesis; as, many industrial chemicals are produced primarily to be used as intermediates in other syntheses. The term has the same meaning with respect to intermediate compounds produced in a biosynthetic pathway in living organisms. [ PJC ]

v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A school having grades at a level between the lower primary grades and the upper secondary grades, being variously grades 4 through 6, or grades 7 through 9, etc. [ PJC ]

n. The act of coming between; intervention; mediation; interposition. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mediator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intermedius. ] Intermediate. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Intermediums L. Intermedia [ NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Intermediate space. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An intervening agent or instrument. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ See Intermeddle. ] To intermeddle; to intermix. [ Obs. ] Bp. Fisher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between members or limbs; as, intermembral homology, the correspondence of the limbs with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within or beneath a membrane; as, intermembranous ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. enterment, F. enterrement. See Inter, v. t. ] The act or ceremony of depositing a dead body in the earth; burial; sepulture; inhumation. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mention among other things, or casually or incidentally. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Within the mesentery; as, the intermesenteric, or aortic, plexus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the metacarpal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the metatarsal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Intermede. ] (Mus.) An interlude; an intermede. See Intermede. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. intermicare; inter- between + micare to glitter. ] To flash or shine between or among. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shining between or among. [ R. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reciprocal migration; interchange of dwelling place by migration. [ R. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. interminabilis: cf. F. interminable. See Terminate. ] Without termination; admitting no limit; boundless; endless; wearisomely protracted; as, interminable space or duration; interminable sufferings; an interminable sermon. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

That wild interminable waste of waves. Grainger.

Syn. -- Boundless; endless; limitless; illimitable; immeasurable; infinite; unbounded; unlimited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being endless. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without end or limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of terminate. ] Endless; as, interminate sleep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter between + minari to threaten. ] To menace; to threaten. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [ Obs. ] Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. interminatio. ] A menace or threat. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To intersect or penetrate with mines. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]