definition of
mediate

[1] #1 mediate v. [intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate] act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement". wn

[2] #2 mediate a. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact". wn

[3] #3 mediate v. occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new". wn

[4] #4 mediate s. [in-between, middle] being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line". wn