Mediate

mē′di-āt, adj. middle: between two extremes: acting by or as a means: not direct and independent: dependent on some intervening thing.— v.i. to interpose between parties as a friend of each: to intercede: to hold a mediate position: to act as a spiritualistic medium.— v.t. to bring about by mediation: to effect a relation between two things.— n. Mē′diacy .— adv. Mē′diately .— ns. Mē′diatene , state of being mediate; Mediā′tion , the act of mediating or coming between: entreaty for another; Media tisā′tion .— v.t. Mē′diatīse , to cause to act in a subordinate position or through an agent: to annex, or to subordinate, as a smaller state to a larger neighbouring one.— adj. Mē′diative .— n. Mē′diator , one who mediates between parties at strife:— fem. Mediat′re , Mē′diatrix .— adj. Mediatō′rial , belonging to a mediator or interce or.— adv. Mediatō′rially .— n. Mediat′orship , the office of a mediator.— adj. Mē′diatory . [Low L. med iāre , -ātum —L. medius .]