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but one, as to point of accefs, mutual intercourfe, and 
poffibility of intermigrations. Hale. 
INTERMINABLE, adj. [Fr. in and termino, Lat.] 
Immenfe ; admitting no boundary : 
As if they would confine th’ interminable. 
And tie him to his own prefcript. Milton. 
INTER'MINANT, adj. Interminate; boundlefs. Cole. 
INTER'MINATE, adj. [interminatus, Lat.] Unbound¬ 
ed ; unlimited : 
Within a thicket I repos’d; when round 
I rutiled up fall’n leaves in heaps, and found. 
Let fall from heav’n, a deep interminate. Chapman. 
INTER'MINATED, adj. Unbounded; unlimited. 
INTERMINA'TIQN, /. [Fr. from intermino, Lat.] 
Menace; threat.—The threats and interminatiens of the 
Gofpel, thole terrors of the Lord, as goads, may drive 
thofe brutilh creatures who will not be attracted. Decay 
of Piety. 
To INTERMIN'GLE, v. a. To mingle; to mix; to 
put fotne things amongft others.—The church in her li¬ 
turgies hath intermingled, with readings out of the New 
Tettament, leffons taken out of the law and prophets. 
Hooker., 
Here failing (hips delight the wandYing eyes; 
There trees and intermingled temples rife. Pope. 
To INTERMIN'GLE, v. n. To be mixed or incorpo¬ 
rated. 
INTERMIN'GLING, f. The aft of mixing together. 
INTERMIS'SION, f. [Fr. intermiffio, Lat.] Ceffation 
for a time ; paufe ; intermediate ftop.—I count intermif- 
Jion almolt the fame thing as change; for that, that hath 
been intermitted, is after a fort new. Bacon. 
Came a reeking poll, 
Deliver’d letters, fpight of intermijfion, 
Which prefently they read. Shakefpeare. 
Intervenient time: 
But, gentle heav’n, 
Cut fhort all intermijfion: front to front 
Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myfelf. Shakejpeare. 
State of being intermitted.—Words borrowed of anti¬ 
quity have the authority of years, and out of their inter¬ 
mijfion do win to themfelves a kind of grace-like newnefs. 
Ben JonJ'oTf. —The 1 pace between the paroxyirns of a fever, 
or any fits of pain ; reft ; paule of forrow.—Reft or intsr- 
■mijf.on none I find. Milton. 
INTERMISS'IVE, adj. [from intermit .] Coming by 
fits ; not continual.—I reduced Ireland, after lo many in- 
termiffive wars, to a perfect: pa Hive obedience. Howel’s Eng¬ 
land s Tears. 
To INTERMIT', v.a. [inter mitt o, Lat.] To forbear any 
thing for a time ; to interrupt.—The fetting on foot fome 
of thofe arts that were once w-ell known, would be but 
the reviving of thofe arts which were long before prac- 
tifed, though intermitted and interrupted by war. Hale .— 
We are fumifhed with an armour from Heaven ; but if we 
are remifs, or perfuaded to lay by our arms, and intermit 
our guard, we may be furprifed. Rogers. 
Run to your houfes, fall upon your knees ; 
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague 
That needs mult light on this ingratitude. Shakefpeare. 
To INTERMIT', v. n. To grow mild between the fits 
or paroxyfms. Ufed of fevers. 
INTERMITTENT, adj. [Fr. intermittens, Lat.] Com¬ 
ing by fits.—Next to thofe durable pains, fhort intermittent 
or fwift-recurrent pains do precipitate patients into con- 
iumptions. Harvey. 
INTERMITTENT, / [the adjeftive, by ellipfis, for] 
An intermittent fever.—Mr. Sporing, and a feaman who 
had attended Mr. Banks, were aifofeized with intcrmittcnts. 
i'laiohfworth's Voyages. 
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INTERMITTING, f The aft of coming by fits; of 
forbearing only for a time. 
To INTERMIX', v. a. To mingle ; to join ; to put 
fome things among others.—Her perluafions Ihe intermixed 
with tears affirming that fhe would depart from him. 
Hayward. 
In yonder fpring of rofes, intermix'd 
With myrtle, find what to redrefs till noon. Milton. 
To INTERMIX', v. n. To be mingled together. 
INTERMIXING, / Theaft of mixing together. 
INTERMIX'TURE, / The mafs formed by min¬ 
gling bodies.—The analytical preparations of gold or mer¬ 
cury leave perfons much unfatisfied, whether the fub- 
fiances they produce be truly the hypoftatical principles, 
or only fome intermixtures of the divided bodies with thofe 
employed. Boyle. —Something additional mingled in a 
mafs.—In this height of impiety there wanted not an in¬ 
termixture of levity and folly. Bacon. 
INTERMUNDA'NE, adj. [inter and mundus, Lat.] Sub- 
fifting between worlds, or between orb and orb.—The vaft 
diftances between tliefe great bodies are called intermm- 
dane fpaces ; in which though there may be fome fluid, 
yet it is fo thin and fubtile, that it is as much as nothing. 
Locke. 
INTERMU'RAL, adj. [inter and muralis, from mums , 
Lat.] Lying between walls. 
INTERMU'TUAL, adj. Mutual; interchanged. An 
improper word: 
A folemn oath religioufly they take, 
By intermutual vows protefting there. 
This never to reveal, nor to forfake 
So good a caufe. Daniel. 
INTER'N, adj. [Fr. internus, Lat.] Inward; inteftine; 
not foreign.—The midland towns are moft llourifhiiig, 
which fhows that her riches are intern and domeltic. Howel. 
INTER'NAL, adj. [internus, Lat.] Inward; not exter¬ 
nal.—Bad comes of fetting our hearts upon the ffiape, co¬ 
lour, and external beauty, of things, without regard to the 
internal excellence and virtue of them. L’Ejlrange. 
That ye fhall be as gods, fince I as man. 
Internal man, is but proportion meet. - Milton. 
Intrinfic; not depending on external accidents; real.— 
We are to provide things honeft; to confider not only 
the internal reftitude of our aftions in the fight of God, 
but whether they will be free from all mark or fufpiciou 
of evil. Rogers. 
INTER'NALLY, adv. Inwardly. Mentally; intel- 
leftually.—We are fymbolically in the facrament, and by 
faith and the fpirit of God internally, united to Chrift. 
Taylor. 
INTER'NALNESS, / The ftate or quality of being in¬ 
ternal. > 
INTERNfe'CINE, adj. [internecinus, Lat.] Endea¬ 
vouring mutual deltruftion: 
Th’ Egyptians worfhip’d dogs, and for 
Their faith made internecine war. Hudibras. 
INTERNE'CION,/ [Fr. internecio, Lat.] Mutual de- 
ftruftion ; maffacre ; daughter Out of ufe .—That natural 
propenfion of felf-love, and natural principle of felf-pre- 
l’ervation, will neceftarily break out into wars and inter- 
necions. Hale. 
INTERNO'DIUM, / [from inter, Lat. between, and 
nodus, a joint.] That part of the ftalks of plants which are 
between two joints or knots. In anatomy, the knuckles, 
and the fpace between the joints of each finger. 
INTERNUN'CIO, / [internuncius, Lat.J Meffenger be¬ 
tween two parties. 
INTEROS'SEUS, /. [from inter, Lat. between, and os 
rjfis, a bone.] One of the mufcles which move the fingers, 
fo called becaufe fituate between the bones. 
INTERPASSA'TION, / With apothecaries, the me¬ 
thod of dividing a long bag by palling a few flitches, in 
order 
