Thesaurus: mediate

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1. a. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
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.
4. a. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.
5. 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.
6. v. t. To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
7. v. t. To divide into two equal parts.
8. adj. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
9. adj. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
10. v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
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12. 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. 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. 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.