mediate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: me=di=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

mediate, a. [L. mediatus, p. p. of mediare, v. t., to halve, v. i., to be in the middle. See Mid, and cf. Moiety.].

•  Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.  Prior.  [1913 Webster]
•  Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.  [1913 Webster]
•  Gained or effected by a medium or condition.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

  "An act of mediate knowledge is complex."  [1913 Webster]

mediate, v. i. [LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to mediate. See Mediate, a.].

•  To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

mediate, v. t. 

•  To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.  [1913 Webster]
•  To divide into two equal parts.  Holder.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mediate, v. & adj.
--v.
1 intr. (often foll. by between) intervene (between parties in a dispute) to produce agreement or reconciliation.
2 tr. be the medium for bringing about (a result) or for conveying (a gift etc.).
3 tr. form a connecting link between.
--adj.
1 connected not directly but through some other person or thing.
2 involving an intermediate agency.

Derivative

mediately adv. mediation n. mediator n. mediatory adj.

Etymology

LL mediare mediat- f. L medius middle

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

mediate

Instrumentality

VB subserve, minister, mediate, intervene, be instrumental, pander to, officiate, tend.

Middle

N middle, midst, mediety, mean, medium, middle term, center &c, mid-course, mezzo termine, juste milieu, halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos, nucleus, nucleolus, equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, diaphragm, midriff, intermediate, middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average, middlemost, midmost, mediate, intermediate, equidistant, central, mediterranean, equatorial, homocentric, in the middle, midway, halfway, midships, amidships, in medias res.

Mediation

VB mediate, mediatize, intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene, step in, negotiate, meet halfway, arbitrate, magnas componere lites, bargain.

Deity

VB create, move, uphold, preserve, govern, atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify Adj, almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial.