Mediate
WordNet
adjective
(1) Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
"The disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
(2) 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"
verb
(3) Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He interceded in the family dispute"
"He mediated a settlement"
(4) Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
"Mediate between the old and the new"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
< , pp. of < .
Verb
- to resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties
- to intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement
Adjective
mediate
- acting through a mediating agency
- intermediate between extremes
Verb
mediate
- second-person plural present tense of mediare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of mediare
- second-person plural imperative of mediare
- feminine plural past participle of mediare