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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb mediate has 2 senses
- mediate(v = verb.communication) arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise - act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" is one way to negociate, negotiate, talk terms
- mediate(v = verb.stative) Array - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new" is one way to lie
Derived forms noun mediation2, noun mediation1, noun mediator1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue mediate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Adjective mediate has 2 senses
- mediate(a = adj.all) Array - acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" Antonym: immediate
- mediate(s = adj.all) in-between, middle - 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"
Derived form noun mediateness1
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]
- 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.
--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 betweenROGET 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.
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