Adjective: mediate 'mee-dee,eyt
- Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
"the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
- Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
"in a mediate position";
- in-between, middle
- Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
"He mediated a settlement";
- intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
- Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
"mediate between the old and the new"
Derived forms: mediated, mediates, mediating
See also: immediacy, immediateness, indirect, intermediate, mediated
Type of: lie, negotiate, talk terms
Antonym: immediate
Encyclopedia: Mediate