Both Uses of
interim
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, A moth of peace, and he go to the war, The rites for which I love him are bereft me, And I a heavy interim shall support By his dear absence.†
Scene 1.3 *
- Now here's another discontented paper, Found in his pocket too; and this, it seems, Roderigo meant to have sent this damned villain; But that, belike, Iago in the interim Came in and satisfied him.†
Scene 5.2
Definition:
temporary and prior to something else; or the time during the temporary period