mediate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare (“to divide in the middle, in Medieval Latin also to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”), from medius (“middle”).

Verb

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

Related terms

• mean
• median
• mediation
• mediator
• medium

Translations

resolve differences

Chinese: Mandarin: 經調解達成, 经调解达成 (jīng tiáojiě dáchéng) Croatian: pòsredovati (hr) Finnish: sovitella, toimia välittäjänä, välittää (fi) German: schlichten (de)

Italian: mediare (it) Romanian: media (ro) Spanish: mediar (es) Swedish: medla (sv), förhandla (sv), förlika (sv)

intervene between conflicting parties

Chinese: Mandarin: 調解 (zh), 调解 (zh) (tiáojiě) Croatian: pòsredovati (hr) Finnish: sovitella (fi), välittää (fi)

German: vermitteln (de) Hungarian: közbenjár (hu), közvetít (hu) Italian: mediare (it) Swedish: medla (sv)

Adjective

mediate

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

Derived terms

• mediately

External links

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

---

Italian

Adjective

mediate pl.

1. feminine form of mediato

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

---

Latin

Participle

mediāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mediātus