mediate has definitions from the field of law
1
[ verb ] (law) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences

Examples

"He interceded in the family dispute" "He mediated a settlement"

Used in print

(Kenneth Underwood and Elden Jacobsen, "Probing the...)

Within the membership of_this group , as has been found true of men in other professional or trade associations , the_most ready portrayal of oneself to `` the public '' is that of a neutral agent simply serving the interests of a seller or buyer and mediating between them .

2
[ adjective ] being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

Synonyms

middle in-between

Examples

"adolescence is an awkward in-between age" "in a mediate position" "the middle point on a line"

Related terms

intermediate

3
[ adjective ] acting through or dependent on an intervening agency

Examples

"the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

4
[ adjective ] being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

Synonyms

middle in-between

Examples

"adolescence is an awkward in-between age" "in a mediate position" "the middle point on a line"

Related terms

intermediate

5
[ verb ] occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others

Synonyms

arbitrate

Examples

"mediate between the old and the new"

Related terms

settle lie

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