intermediary

& a. [INTERMEDIATE.] A. As subst.: One who or that which intervenes or is intermediate; an agent interposed; a medium. "The Crown Prince was the principal intermediary in bringing about the purchase." -Pall Mall Gazette. B. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang.: Lying between, intervening, intermediate. 2. Crystal log. (of secondary planes): Intermediate between the planes on an edge and those on an angle. In-ter-me-di-ate, a. . [ Fr.intermédiat , from Lat. inter- =between, among, and mediatus , pa. par. of medio to halve; medius =the middle; Ital. & Sp. intermedio.] A. As adj .: Lying or being in the middle place or degree between two extremes; lying between; intervening, interposing; in the middle; as, an inter mediate space between two rivers, an intermediate position or rank, . "Employed the intermediate time in collecting his father's forces." - Mason: Caractacus. B. As substantive: Pharm.: A substance added to a medicinal com pound to enable the other ingredients to combine. intermediate-frame, s. Spinn.: The second fly-frame; an intermediate, in order of time, between the slubbing and the roving frame. intermediate-shaft, s . The shaft cro ing the frame of a marine-engine, to connect the two engines and two paddle-wheels. intermediate-state, s. 1. Theol., & c .: The state of the soul between death and the resurrection. (For Jewish views on the subject, see Hades.) Christian opinions on the subject may be reduced to two: one that there is a place distinct from both heaven and hell in which disembodied souls are kept till the resurrection [HADES, LIMBUS, PURGATORY], the other that the souls of the righteous at death, becoming perfect in holine , immediately pa to heaven, while those of the wicked, now beyond the power of being regenerated, go to hell in anticipation of the judgment day. The Greek and the Roman Churches hold the first opinion, while the Calvin is tic or Puritan theology accepts the latter view. IMG:content-1786.png:[blocks in formation] In-ter-me-di-āte, v. i . [INTERMEDIATE, α.] Το intervene, to interpose, to interfere. "Opposing your intermediating authority."-Milton: Letters of State ; To Gustavus Adolphus. in-ter-me-di-ate-ly, adv. [Eng. intermediate; -ly.] By way of intervention.