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Mediate   /mˈidiˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Mediate  v. t.  
1.
To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
2.
To divide into two equal parts. (R.)


Mediate  v. i.  (past & past part. mediated; pres. part. mediating)  
1.
To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. (R.)
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.


adjective
Mediate  adj.  
1.
Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.
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. "An act of mediate knowledge is complex."





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"Mediate" Quotes from Famous Books



... determining principle of my causality (in the sensible world), it is not impossible that morality of mind should have a connection as cause with happiness (as an effect in the sensible world) if not immediate yet mediate (viz., through an intelligent author of nature), and moreover necessary; while in a system of nature which is merely an object of the senses, this combination could never occur except contingently and, therefore, could not suffice for the ...
— The Critique of Practical Reason • Immanuel Kant
... ignoble, plebeian, inglorious, undistinguished, vulgar; penurious, illiberal, sordid, miserly, stingy, mercenary parsimonious, ungenerous; midway, average, moderate, middle, medium, mediocre; intermediate, mediate, intervening; insignificant, paltry, inconsequential, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... either mediate, that is, derived from some other truth or truths; or immediate and original. The latter is absolute, and its formula A. A.; the former is of dependent or conditional certainty, and represented ...
— Biographia Literaria • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
... thinking, thinking as profoundly as the philosopher, and both are seeking to utter to men the same fundamental thought. The reader is to think after the poet, if not in the immediate mythical form, then in the mediate, reflective way. ...
— Homer's Odyssey - A Commentary • Denton J. Snider
... impatience—"This Tama has acted but to gain time. Can she have affection for such an ugly fellow? Was she to be the victim of some crazy outburst? Perhaps the day will bring better counsel; but the night's conversation does not augur it. His plans are most complete. The master must be seen. Deign to mediate; prevent the admittance of Kibei Dono as guest." O'Kayo the bawd nodded intelligence and assent. At once she sought the master of the house. "A dangerous guest," was his comment. "Send to the Matsuminatoya. ...
— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville


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