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mediate

Pronunciation: /ˈmidieɪt/

The English word “mediate” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
  2. To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
  3. To divide into two equal parts.
  4. To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
  5. To act as a spiritualistic medium.
  6. To communicate via media; to frame; to provide a cultural narrative about.

adjective

  1. Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
  2. Intermediate between extremes.
  3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition.

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius…

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