| mediate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr; |
| 2. | to bring about (an agreement) |
| 3. | to bring about (an agreement) between parties in a dispute |
| 4. | to resolve (differences) by mediation |
| 5. | (intr) to be in a middle or intermediate position |
| 6. | (tr) to serve as a medium for causing (a result) or transferring (objects, information, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 7. | occurring as a result of or dependent upon mediation |
| 8. | a rare word for intermediate |
| 9. | logic (of an inference) having more than one premise, esp, being syllogistic in form |
| [C16: from Late Latin mediāre to be in the middle] | |
| 'mediately | |
| —adv | |
| 'mediateness | |
| —n | |
| 'mediative | |
| —adj | |
| 'mediatory | |
| —adj | |
| media'torial | |
| —adj | |
| 'mediator | |
| —n | |
| media'torially | |
| —adv | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |