intermedialadj.n.
A. adj.
1. = intermediate adj. (in various uses).
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the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective]
middlea1200
mean1340
mediate?1440
intercedent1578
interjacent1594
intermedial1599
intermiddle1613
intervenient1626
intervalling1632
intermediate1646
intervening1646
mediatory1650
intercurrent1656
intermedious1678
intermediant1716
intercepting1826
mediant1853
intermediary1875
interferent1876
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > middle > [adjective]
middleeOE
midmosteOE
mid1273
mean1340
middlemosta1400
mediate?1440
moyen1481
median1592
intermedial1599
intermediate1648
mede1706
intermediary1788
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 237 That service intermediall which he requires at his hand.
1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 27 At the poles, or any intermediall part.
1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 351 In the Record there is no mention of any intermedial prorogation.
1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. vii. 340 All the intermedial spaces between the earth and the heavens.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. 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.
1942 Mind 51 80 Part II is a systematic and richly illustrated description of generic and special forms, of inter-medial and intra-medial forms.
2. = intermediary adj. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > acting as intermediate agent
meana1382
mediatec1449
moyen1470
mediatory1578
intermedial1649
intervenient1651
mediative1813
intermediary1818
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Pref. §3 That end, to which they are fitted with organs and intermediall appetites.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iii. Rule 6 §15 Temporal things are not ordained to minister to spiritual intermedial things.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 295 To manage the intermedial negotiations..requires no trifling exercise of secretarial prudence.
B. n.
= intermediate n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [noun] > mean
middlingOE
middlelOE
meanc1450
neutralityc1475
moyen1484
temper?1523
mediety1573
medium1593
temperature1598
temperament1604
intermedial1605
median1635
intermediate1650
average1737
middle term1754
mesne1821
intermediacy1836
intermediary1865
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as
dealerc1000
meanc1384
mediatorc1390
moyen1455
intermediator1522
broker1530
middlera1533
intercessor1554
mercury1602
intermedial1605
transactor1611
interdealer1613
intermeddler1630
intercommuner1638
middleman1648
second hand1655
inter-agent1728
intermediary1791
in-between1815
medium1817
intermediate1879
come-between1919
tolkach1955
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xvi. 80 The antimonials, from the intermedials (that is to say, from things partly good and partly malignant) receive a worse nature.
1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 435 The Pope is appealed vnto, any intermediall whatsoeuer omitted.
1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 224 His body is in none of the intermedials.
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