In`ter*me"di*ate (?), v. i. To come between; to intervene; to interpose.
Milton.
In`ter*me"di*ate (?), a.
[Pref. inter- + mediate: cf. F.
intermédiat.]
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.
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.
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