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n. 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [ U. S. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Deter. ] The act of deterring; also, that which deters. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of embittering; also, that which embitters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. s'entremettre; entre between + mettre to place. ] To interfere; to intermeddle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Enter- + mew to molt. ] (Zoöl.) A hawk gradually changing the color of its feathers, commonly in the second year. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A festering. [ R. ] Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Food; nourishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment. [ 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 ]

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

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 ]

prop. n. A primitive genus of termites, mostly extinct; sometimes considered the most primitive isopterans.
Syn. -- genus Mastotermes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry. “The trouble and pesterment of children.” B. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practice tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like. [ Obs. ] [ Written also termor. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who has an estate for a term of years or for life. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Termites [ L. termes, tarmes, -itis, a woodworm. Cf. Termite. ] (Zool.) A genus of Pseudoneuroptera including the white ants, or termites. See Termite. [ 1913 Webster ]