About The Word Mediate
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Mediate
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What's The Definition Of Mediate?
[adj] acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
[adj] 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" [v] act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute";"He mediated a settlement" [v] occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new" Synonyms | Synonyms for Mediate: arbitrate | in-between | indirect | intercede | intermediate | intermediate | liaise | mediated | middle Related Terms | Find terms related to Mediate: accommodate | act between | act for | adjust | advance | arbitrate | arrange matters | assist | bargain | be instrumental | bring to terms | bring together | compose | compromise | facilitate | fix up | forward | go between | harmonize | heal the breach | intercede | interfere | intermediate | interpose | intervene | judge | make terms | meet halfway | minister to | moderate | negotiate | patch things up | promote | put in tune | reconcile | referee | represent | resolve | restore harmony | reunite | serve | settle | settle differences | smooth it over | step in | subserve | treat with | umpire | weave peace between See Also | lie | negociate | negotiate | talk terms Mediate In Webster's Dictionary \Me"di*ate\, 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.
\Me"di*ate\, 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. \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. |
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