mediate

[me·di·ate]

If your two best friends aren't speaking to each other, you might find yourself trying to mediate a peace accord between them. To mediate is to go from one to another and try to make peace.

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Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

Verb
act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"

Verb
occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"

Adjective
acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

a.
Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.

a.
Gained or effected by a medium or condition.

a.
To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.

a.
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.

v. t.
To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.

v. t.
To divide into two equal parts.


Mediate

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.

Mediate

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.

Mediate

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.

Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.

To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.

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Usage Examples

The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people.

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