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    me·di·ate
    verb[ˈmēdēˌāt]
    mediate (verb) · mediates (third person present) · mediated (past tense) · mediated (past participle) · mediating (present participle)
    1. intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation:
      "Wilson attempted to mediate between the powers to end the war"
      • intervene in (a dispute) to bring about an agreement:
        "set up a tribunal to arbitrate and mediate disputes"
      • bring about (an agreement or solution) by intervening in a dispute:
        "efforts to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict"
    2. technical
      bring about (a result such as a physiological effect):
      "the right hemisphere plays an important role in mediating tactile perception of direction"
      • be a means of conveying:
        "this important ministry of mediating the power of the word"
      • form a connecting link between:
        "structures that mediate gender divisions"
    adjective[ˈmēdēət]
    mediate (adjective)
    1. connected indirectly through another person or thing; involving an intermediate agency:
      "public law institutions are a type of mediate state administration"
    Origin
    late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘interposed’): from late Latin mediatus ‘placed in the middle’, past participle of the verb mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’.
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    verb
    1. intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation:
      arbitrate
      conciliate
      moderate
      umpire
      referee
      make peace
      liaise
      intervene
      step in
      intercede
      interpose
      temporize
      act as peacemaker
      reconcile differences
      restore harmony
      bring to terms
      act as an intermediary
    2. bring about (a result such as a physiological effect):
      arbitrate
      conciliate
      moderate
      umpire
      referee
      make peace
      liaise
      intervene
      step in
      intercede
      interpose
      temporize
      act as peacemaker
      reconcile differences
      restore harmony
      bring to terms
      act as an intermediary
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