interleague, v. Now rare.
(ɪntəˈliːg)
Also 6 enter-.
[f. inter- 1 b + league v. But perh. a perversion of the phrase to enter league: see quot. 1579.]
intr. and refl. To enter into or form a league with another, or with each other.
| [1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 49, I studyed euer since my first comming to Naples to enter league with such a one as might direct my steps.] 1590 Lodge Euphues' Gold. Leg. (1880) M iv, See..howe Fortune and loue haue interleagued themselues to be..thy foes. 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 60 [He] there enter-leagued himselfe with Eleazar. 1606 Marston Sophonisba i. i. A iv b, So fearefully will I take vengeance: I'le interleague with Scipio. |
Hence interˈleagued ppl. a.
| 1844 Lytton tr. Schiller's Poems & Ball., Fridolin I. 86 Their strength the Fire, the Water gave, In interleagued endeavour. |