mediate
verb
1 mediate
Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences:
— He mediated a settlement.
synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise.
Roget 976: create, move, uphold, preserve, govern &c.; atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, &c.; predestinate, ... show more
Roget 631: subserve, minister, mediate, intervene; be instrumental etc. adj.; pander to; officiate; tend.
Roget 724: mediate, mediatize†; intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene; step in, negotiate; meet halfway; arbitrate; magnas componere lites [Lat.]. bargain etc. ... show more
Dutch: beslechten, tussenbeide komen, contacten, bemiddelen, intercederen
2 mediate
Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others.
adjective
1 mediate
Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency.
2 mediate
Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series:
— In a mediate position.
synonyms: in-between, middle.
Roget 68: middle, medial, mesial [Med.], mean, mid, median, average; middlemost, midmost; mediate; intermediate etc. (interjacent) 228; ... show more
Moby thesaurus: accommodate, act between, act for, adjust, advance, arbitrate, arrange matters, assist, bargain, be instrumental, bring to terms, bring together, compose, compromise, facilitate, fix up, forward, go between, harmonize, heal the breach ... show more.
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