mediate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Late Latin mediatus, pp. of mediare (“‘to divide in the middle, in Medieval Latin also to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate’”) < medius (“‘middle’”).

[edit] Verb

to mediate (third-person singular simple present mediates, present participle mediating, simple past and past participle mediated)

1. (transitive) to resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties
2. (intransitive) to intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement

[edit] Related terms

• mean
• median
• mediation
• mediator
• medium

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

mediate

1. acting through a mediating agency
2. intermediate between extremes

[edit] Derived terms

• mediately

[edit] External links

• mediate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• mediate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

mediate pl.

1. Feminine form of mediato.

[edit] Verb

mediate

1. second-person plural present tense of mediare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of mediare
3. second-person plural imperative of mediare
4. feminine plural past participle of mediare