MEDIATE (2)

mediate (2). Mediate, a. middle, acting as a mean, intervening

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Me″di‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mediated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Mediating.] [[LL. mediatus, p. p. of mediare to mediate. See Mediate, a.]] 1. 1. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.
2. 2. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each, esp. for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation or agreement; as, to mediate between nations.