mediate

me·di·ate   (mē'dē-āt')    v.   me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates v.   tr. To resolve or settle (differences) by working with all the conflicting parties: mediate a labor-management dispute. To bring about (a settlement, for example) by working with all the conflicting parties. To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism. v.   intr. To intervene between two or more disputants in order to bring about an agreement, a settlement, or a compromise. To settle or reconcile differences. To have a relation to two differing persons or things. adj.   (-ĭt) Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency. Being in a middle position. [Late Latin mediāre, mediāt-, to be in the middle, from Latin medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots.] me'di·ate·ly (-ĭt-lē) adv.

Mediate

Me"di*ate\, a. [L. mediatus, p. p. of mediare, v. t., to halve, v. i., to be in the middle. See Mid, and cf. Moiety.]

1. Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate. --Prior.

2. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument; not direct or immediate; acting or suffering through an intervening agent or condition.

3. Gained or effected by a medium or condition. --Bacon.

An act of mediate knowledge is complex. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Main Entry: ¹me·di·ate
Pronunciation: 'mEd-E-&t
Function: adjective
1 : occupying a middle position
2 : acting through an intervening agency : exhibiting indirect causation, connection, or relation

mediate me·di·ate (mē'dē-āt')
v. me·di·at·ed, me·di·at·ing, me·di·ates
To effect or convey as an intermediate agent or mechanism. adj. (-ĭt)
Being in a middle position.

mediate   (mē'dē-āt')  Pronunciation Key  To effect or convey a force between subatomic particles. The gauge bosons, for example, mediate the four fundamental forces of nature.