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The intelligible, or intelleaunl world, is the idea of the 

 T-orld in the divine mind, frequently fpoken of by Male- 



iNTEMPERIES, in the Galenical mA Humoral Palho- 

 , the f;\me with dyfcrafy, ouo-xjaaiK, and ihe oppolite of 

 .,h.p:ramc-r:t, or (-.jxa-i;, crafu. As health was fuppofed to 

 conliit in tlie proper temperament, or proportion of the 

 four quahties of hot and cold, dry and moill ; fo the intem- 

 pTihs, or difpreportionate prevalence of any one or two of 

 thefe qualities, or of the four humours, in whicli they were 

 fuppofed to be particularly inherent, was deemed the origin 

 of all difeafes : and according to the fuj)pofed predominance 

 of this or that quality or humour, eacli morbid intemperies 

 received its name. Thus when heat or bile prevailed, it was 

 called intemperies caliJa, or biliofa ; \vhen cold and phlegm, 

 inUmperies frtgida, and pituitofa ; and fo on. (See Seimert. 

 Inftit. Medicinse, lib. ii. cap. 3.) See Humoral Pathology, 

 and Galen*. 



INTEND ANT, one who has the conduft, infpeftion, 

 and management of any thing. 



This is a title frequent among the French : they have in- 

 tendants of the marine, who are officers in the fca-ports, 

 whofe bufinefs is to take care the ordinances and regulations 

 relating to fea-affaiis be obferved ; intendants of the finances, 

 who have the direftion of the revenues ; intendants of pro- 

 ■vinces, who are appointed by the king to take care of the 

 adminiltration of juftice, policy, and finances, in the pro- 

 vinces ; alfo, intendants of luildings, of houfes, &c. 



INTENDMENT of Law, the fenfe, intention, or true 

 meaning of the law. 



The judges ought to judge according to the common in- 

 tendment of the law. 



Intendment of Crimes. In cafes of treafon, intention 

 proved by circumftances is punifhable as if it were put'in 

 execution. So likewife, if a perfon enter the houfe fn tl>e 

 night-time, with intent to commit burglary, it is felonv : 

 and an afiault on the high-way, with an intent to commit 

 burglary, is felony, and pimillied with tranfportation, 

 23 Car. II. c. I. 7 Gio. II. c. 21. 



INTENSIO, Lat. Intenso, Ital. Intenfe, in Mvfc. In- 

 tenfe founds are fuch as are produced with the greateil force, 

 which are loudeft, and heard at the greateil dillance. They 

 ■are fuch founds hkewlfe, as are produced from ilrings of 

 greateit tenfion, and which, on that account, vibrate more 

 powerfully. 



INTENSION is a term frequently ufed by the Greek 

 and other ancient writers on mufic : intenfions of the gravitas, 

 were the major harmonics of the afcent, in the defcending 

 major fcale of the gravitas, according to M. Overend's Ma- 

 Tufcripts in the library of the Royal Inftitution, vol. vi. p. 7. 

 alfo, vol. ii. p. 213. in which volumes much information on 

 this curious, but ulmoll obfolete fubjeft, will be found. 



INTENSIONE, in Law, a writ which lies againft him 

 who enters after the death of the tenant in dower, or 

 tenant for life, and holds out him in the reverfion, or re- 

 mainder. 



Intknsione, Ital. 3i prima tntenfione, in Mufc, as well as 

 painting, implies afletch, a fubjedf, a firft defign. 



INTENSUM DiATONUM. See Diatonic and Genus. 

 INTENT, in Civil Laiu, fignifies to begin or commence 

 an adtion, or procefs. 



INTENTION, or Intension, in iJ/<'^;V;w,that judgment 

 or method of cure, which a phyfician forms to himfe'.f from 

 a d'.ie examination of the fymptoms. 



Inte.ntios, in Phyjics, the increafe of the power, or 

 energy, of any qiiahty ; as heat, cold, &c. 



By which it Hands oppofed to remffion ; which fignifies 

 its decrcafc, or diminution. 



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Intention, in Mctaphyfus, denotes an exertion of the 

 intelleftual faculties with more than ordinary vigour ; wlien 

 the mind with carneftnefs fixes its view on any idea, con- 

 fiders it on all fides, and will not be called off by any 

 folicitation. 



The fchoolmen alfo fpcak of terms of fird and fecond in- 

 tention. 



Intention, a Term of Firjl, is that which fignifies a 

 thing ; the primary defign of men, in eftablifliing words, 

 being to cxprefs things, or the ideas they have of things. 



Intention, a Term of Second, is that which does not iignify 

 a tiling, but another terra, or fign. 



Thus, a tree, a man, &c. are terms oi Jiifl intention ; and 

 the terms in rhetoric, grammar, &c. as figure, kind, &:c. 

 are terms of yi-ironr/ intention. 



Intention, Inlentio, firi'^o-i?, in the ylncient Mufic, wa» 

 ufed to denote the paffage of the voice from grave to 

 acute. 



INTENTIONAL Qualitie.s. See Qualities. 

 INTER Cancm el Ltipiim, in Law, words ufed formerly 

 in appeals, to fignify that a crime was committed in the twi- 

 light, i. e. inter diem et no&em, &c. This part of a day has 

 divers other denominations : thus, in fome parts of England, 

 they call it mockfliadoiv, corruptly muck-Jhade : and, in the 

 north, day. light's gate ; others fay, betwixt haiuh and buz- 

 zard. 



INTERAMNA, or Interamnium, (Teramo,) in yfn- 

 cient Geography, a town of Italy, fituated in Latimn, very 

 near Campania, on the river Nar, which, from its fource to 

 its mouth, ferved as a beundary between the countries of the 

 Sabines and Umbrians. 



INTERCALARY Day, denotes the odd day infertcd 

 in the leap year. See Bissextile. 



The word is derived from the Latin i/itrrca/.iris, of cah, 

 ealare, which anciently fignified, to call with a lotid i-iice : an 

 intercalary day, among the Romans, fignifying a day infert- 

 ed between two other days ; which, for that reafon, was 

 proclaimed by the prietls with a loud voice. 



INTERCALATION. See Intekpolation. 

 INTERCAPSULARIA, in Anatomy, a name given 

 by fome writers to the cavities between the fcapula and tlie 

 vertebrx. 



INTERCEPTED Axis, in Conic Sections, is the fame 

 with what is otherwifc called the abfcijfa. 



INTERCESSION, Interce-ssio, was ufed in y^«W,«^ 

 Rome, for the adl of a tribune of the people, or other ma- 

 gillrate, by which he inhibited theatls of other magiftratcs; 

 or, even, in cafe of the tribunes, the decrees of the fenatc. 

 Veto was the folemn word ufed by the tribunes when they 

 inhibited any decree of the fenate, or law propofed to the 

 people. The general law of thcfe interccffions was, that 

 any magiftrate might inhibit the afts of his equal, or infe- 

 rior ; but tlie tribunes had the fole prerogative of controlling 

 the afts of every other magiilrate, yet could not be con- 

 trolled themfelves by any. 



INTERCESSOR, from ;«/«• and Wa, J go between, a 

 perfon who prays, expoilulates, or intercedes, in behalf o£ 

 another. 



In the Roman law, ititercenbr was the name of an officer, 

 whom the governors of provinces appointed principally to 

 raife taxes, and other duties. 



Intehgessok is alfo a term heretofore applied to fuch bi- 

 fliops as, during the vacancy of a fee, adminiftered the bi- 

 fliopric, till a fiiccenbr to the deceafed birtiop had been elefl- 

 cd. See BlMlop. 



The third council of Carthajc calls thefe interventors. 



L 1 2 INTER, 



