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In"ter*mean` (?), n. Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

In`ter*me*a"tion (?), n. [L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare to go.] A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.

In`ter*med"dle (?), 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.

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.

In`ter*med"dle (?), v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]

Many other adventures are intermeddled.

Spenser.

In`ter*med"dler (?), n. One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.

In`ter*med"dle*some (?), a. Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n.

In`ter*med"dling (?), n. The act of improperly interfering. Burke.

In"ter*mede (?), 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.

In`ter*me"di*a*cy (?), n. [From Intermediate.] Interposition; intervention. Derham.

||In`ter*me"di*æ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. intermedius intermedial.] ||(Zoöl.) The middle pair of tail feathers, or middle rectrices. || In`ter*me"di*al (?), a. [Pref. inter- + medial: cf. L. intermedius.] Lying between; intervening; intermediate. "Intermedial colors." Evelyn.

In`ter*me"di*an (?), a. Intermediate. [Obs.]

In`ter*me"di*a*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. intermédiaire.] Lying, coming, or done, between; intermediate; as, an intermediary project.

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

In`ter*me"di*a*ry, n.; pl. Intermediaries (&?;). One who, or that which, is intermediate; an interagent; a go-between.

In`ter*me"di*ate (?), a. [Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F. intermédiat.] 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.

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.

In`ter*me"di*ate (?), v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose. Milton.

In`ter*me"di*ate*ly (?), adv. In an intermediate manner; by way of intervention.

In`ter*me`di*a"tion (?), n. The act of coming between; intervention; interposition. Burke.

In`ter*me"di*a`tor (?), n. A mediator.

In`ter*me"di*ous (?), a. [L. intermedius.] Intermediate. [R.] Cudworth.

In`ter*me"di*um (?), n.; pl. Intermediums (#), L. Intermedia (#). [NL., neut. of L. intermedius intermediate.]

1. Intermediate space. [R.]