MEDIATE

a. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
a.

Gained or effected by a medium or condition. Bacon. An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton.

4.
v.

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

5.
v.

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.

6.
v.

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

7.
v.

To divide into two equal parts. [R.] Holder.

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