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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Interlude \In`ter*lude\, n. [OE. enterlude, LL interludium LL inter between + ludus play, fr ludere to play: cf F. interlude. See {Ludicrous}.] 1. A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting. Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes When monarch reason sleeps. --Dryden. 2. A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama. 3. (Mus.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: interlude n 1: an intervening period or episode 2: a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance [syn: {intermezzo}, {entr'acte}] v 1: occur as an interlude 2: perform an interlude, as on a musical instrument
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