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English Dictionary: mediate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for mediate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mediate adj acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" Antonym(s): immediate 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" Synonym(s): in-between, mediate, middle v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" Synonym(s): intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mediate \Me"diate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mediate \Me"diate\, a. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mediate \Me"diate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mediated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mediating}.] [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.