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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mediate

Mē'di-ate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. mediatus, p. p. of mediare; Fr. médiat, Sp. & It. mediato. See infra.] 1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening. Anxious we hover in a mediate state. Prior. Soon the mediate clouds shall be dispelled. Prior.

  1. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.
  2. Gained by a medium or condition.

An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton.

Mē'di-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. MEDIATED; p. pr. & vb. n. MEDIATING.] [L. Lat. mediare, Sp. mediar, It. mediare, O. Fr. médier. See infra.] 1. To be in the middle, or between two. [Rare.] 2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each; to act as a go-between, or umpire; to arbitrate; to intercede; as, the prince that mediates between nations, and prevents a war, is the benefactor of both parties.

Mē'di-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [Lat. mediare, mediatum, to halve, divide in the middle, L. Lat. to mediate, from Lat. medius, middle, Sp. mediar, to mediate, O. Fr. médier, to divide into halves.] To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.