'Mediate' definitions:

Definition of 'mediate'

From: WordNet
adjective
Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" [ant: immediate]
adjective
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" [syn: in-between, mediate, middle]
verb
Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" [syn: intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate]
verb
Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"

Definition of 'Mediate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mediate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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]
  • 3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • An act of mediate knowledge is complex. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Mediate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To divide into two equal parts. [R.] --Holder. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'mediate'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Mediate'