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Mediate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Middle; being between the two extremes.

2. Anxious we hover in a mediate state.

3. Interposed; intervening; being between two objects.

4. Soon the mediate clouds shall be dispelled.

5. Acting by means, or by an intervening cause or instrument. Thus we speak of mediate and immediate cause of its motion; the oar with which a man rows a boat is the immediate cause of its motion; but the rower is the mediate cause, acting by means of the oar.

Mediate [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To interpose between parties, as the equal friend of each; to act indifferently between contending parties, with a view to reconciliation; to intercede. The prince that mediates between nations and prevents a war, is the benefactor of both parties.

2. To be between two. [Little used.]

Mediate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To effect by mediation or interposition between parties; as, to mediate a peace.

2. To limit by something in the middle. [Not used.]

Mediate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

4. To be in the middle, or between two; to intervene.

5. 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.

Mediate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Mediated [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Mediate

Mediately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. By means or by a secondary cause, acting between the first cause and the effect.

2. God worketh all things amongst us mediately by secondary means.

3. The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case, B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king.

Mediately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.

Mediateness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being mediate.