Mē'di-a-tīze, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. MEDIATIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. MEDIATIZING.] [Fr. médiatiser.] To render mediate; specifically, to make mediately, not immediately, dependent; as, in Germany, to annex, as a smaller state to a larger, leaving to it a nominal sovereignty, and to its prince his rank. Brande.