† enterˈmise Obs.
[a. Fr. entremise, f. entremettre to place in the midst, interfere, f. entre (see enter-) + mettre to put.]
a. Occupation, business. b. Interposition, intervention, mediation.
| 1490 Caxton Eneydos 55 Withstandynge the grete entermyse and besy occupacion that they had In hande. 1624 Brief Inform. Affairs Palatinate 36 Hee was offered a Treatie of Peace, by the entermise of the Elector. 1638 tr. Balzac's Lett. iii. (1654) 112 By the entermise of words. |