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interˈmedial, a. and n.
[f. L. inter medi-us intermediate + -al1: cf. L. mediāl-is medial.]
A. adj.
1. = intermediate a. (in various uses).
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 237 That service intermediall which he requires at his hand. 1613M. Ridley Magn. Bodies 27 At the poles, or any intermediall part. 1679Burnet Hist. Ref. I. 351 In the Record there is no mention of any intermedial prorogation. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. vii. 340 All the intermedial spaces between the earth and the heavens. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. II. xx. 251 It was..supposed that, wherever mountains are divided into parallel chains, the intermedial or central ridge must be more elevated than the others. 1942Mind LI. 80 Part II is a systematic and richly illustrated description of generic and special forms, of inter-medial and intra-medial forms.
2. = intermediary a. 1.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Pref. §3 That end, to which they are fitted with organs and intermediall appetites. 1660― Duct. Dubit. iii. iii. rule 6 §15 Temporal things are not ordained to minister to spiritual intermedial things. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 135 To manage the intermedial negotiations..requires no trifling exercise of vicarial tact.
B. n. = intermediate n.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xvi. 80 The antimonials, from the intermedials (that is to say, from things partly good and partly malignant) receive a worse nature. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 435 The Pope is appealed vnto, any intermediall whatsoeuer omitted. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 224 His body is in none of the intermedials. |