intergrade

intergrade
n. /in"teuhr grayd'/; v. /in'teuhr grayd"/, n., v., intergraded, intergrading.
n.
1. an intermediate grade, form, stage, etc.
v.i.
2. to merge gradually, one into another, as different species through evolution.
[1870-75; INTER- + GRADE]

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