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MEDIATE
mediate
(adjective) acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; “the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact”
mediate, in-between, middle
(adjective) being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; “adolescence is an awkward in-between age”; “in a mediate position”; “the middle point on a line”
intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
(verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; “He interceded in the family dispute”; “He mediated a settlement”
mediate
(verb) occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; “mediate between the old and the new”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mediate (third-person singular simple present mediates, present participle mediating, simple past and past participle mediated)
(transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
(intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
To divide into two equal parts.
To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
To act as a spiritualistic medium.
Adjective
mediate
Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
Intermediate between extremes.
Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
Anagrams
• medaite
Source: Wiktionary
Me"di*ate, a. Etym: [L. mediatus, p. p. of mediare, v. t., to halve, v. i., to be in the middle. See Mid, and cf. Moiety.]
1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. Prior.
2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition. Bacon. An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton.
Me"di*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mediated; p. pr. & vb. n. Mediating.] Etym: [LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to mediate. See Mediate, a.]
1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.]
2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.
Me"di*ate, v. t.
1. To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
2. To divide into two equal parts. [R.] Holder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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