3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the
acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas
of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line.
Interluded
(In"ter*lu`ded) a. Inserted in the manner of an interlude; having or containing interludes.
Interluder
(In"ter*lu`der) n. An actor who performs in an interlude. B. Jonson.
Interluency
(In"ter*lu`en*cy) n. [L. interluens, p. pr. of interluere to flow between; inter + luere.] A
flowing between; intervening water. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
Interlunar
(In`ter*lu"nar In`ter*lu"na*ry) a. [Pref. inter- + lunar: cf. L. interlunis.] Belonging or pertaining
to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible. Milton.
Intermandibular
(In`ter*man*dib"u*lar) a. (Anat.) Between the mandibles; interramal; as, the intermandibular
space.
Intermarriage
(In`ter*mar"riage) n. Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in
marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.
Intermarry
(In`ter*mar"ry) v. i. To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and
take mutually in marriage; — said of families, ranks, castes, etc.
About the middle of the fourth century from the building of Rome, it was declared lawful for nobles and
plebeians to intermarry.
Swift. Intermaxilla
(||In`ter*max*il"la) n.; pl. Intermaxillæ (Anat.) See Premaxilla.
Intermaxillary
(In`ter*max"il*la*ry) a. (Anat.) (a) Between the maxillary bones. (b) Of or pertaining to
the intermaxillæ. — n. An intermaxilla.
Intermean
(In"ter*mean`) n. Something done in the meantime; interlude. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Intermeation
(In`ter*me*a"tion) n. [L. intermeare, intermeatum; to go between; inter between + meare
to go.] A flowing between. [Obs.] Bailey.
Intermeddle
(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.
Intermeddle
(In`ter*med"dle) v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]
Many other adventures are intermeddled.
Spenser. Intermeddler
(In`ter*med"dler) n. One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
Intermeddlesome
(In`ter*med"dle*some) a. Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. — In`ter*med"dle*some*ness,
n.
Intermeddling
(In`ter*med"dling) n. The act of improperly interfering. Burke.
