Obs. [a. Fr. entremise, f. entremettre to place in the midst, interfere, f. entre (see ENTER-) + mettre to put.] a. Occupation, business. b. Interposition, intervention, mediation.
1490. Caxton, Eneydos, 55. Withstandynge the grete entermyse and besy occupacion that they had In hande.
1624. Briefe Inform. Affaires Palatinate, 36. Hee was offered a Treatie of Peace, by the entermise of the Elector Fredericke the second.
1638. trans. Balzac’s Lett., III. (1654), 112. By the entermise of words.
