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What does "mediate" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.Gained or effected by a medium or condition. Bacon. An act of mediate knowledge is complex. Sir W. Hamilton.
  2. 3.To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene. [R.]
  3. 4.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.
  4. 5.To effect by mediation or interposition; to bring about as a mediator, instrument, or means; as, to mediate a peace.
  5. 6.To divide into two equal parts. [R.] Holder.

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