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ˈintermede
[a. F. intermède (Molière, 17th c.), ad. It. intermedio, ad. L. intermedium, neuter of intermedius adj.: see intermedium.]
†1. Something that serves as a means of some action between other things; a medium: = intermedium 3. Obs.
1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. ii. 28 The title Mordant is applied to those substances which serve as intermedes between the colouring particles and the stuff to be dyed, either for the purpose of facilitating or of modifying their combination. 1794J. Hutton Philos. Light, etc. 225 The electrical fluid..is made to leap from one conducting body to another, through a short space, without any sensible intermede, or through a rare transparent fluid. 1796Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 438 Copper may be united to steel without the intermede of any other metal.
2. An intermediate performance, interlude: = intermedium 2. Now current only in alien form intermède |æ̃tɛrmɛd|.
1820T. Mitchell Aristoph. I. 247 A short intermede relieves the time, while the two disputants are absent fetching their oracles. 1887Gentl. Mag. June 540 The singularly appropriate intermède arranged by Beaumarchais for performance between the acts of his ‘Eugenie’. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 606/2 The inclusion between the first and second acts of an intermède of song and dance. 1970Oxf. Compan. Mus. (ed. 10) 517/2 It was as intermezzo or intermède that the comic opera grew up. |