† interˈmise Obs.
[var. of entermise, with prefix in L. form: cf. intermit v.2]
Intervention, mediation, agency.
| 1612 Naunton in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 118 By the noble and Christian intermise of Sir H. Nevyll, there is a concentration made between my Lords of Pembroch and Rochester. 1673 S. C. Art of Complaisance 144 Either by ourselves, or the means and intermise of our friends. 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 172 Vorstius, whom he [James I.] desir'd the States to turn out of his Professorship, by the Intermise of his Ambassador Sir Ralph Winwood. |