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1. Being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
   "in a mediate position";
   - in-between, middle
    
2. Acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
   "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"

1. Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
   "He mediated a settlement";
   - intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
    
2. Occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
   "mediate between the old and the new"

Derived forms: mediated, mediating, mediates

See also: immediacy, immediateness, indirect, intermediate, mediated

Type of: lie, negotiate, talk terms

Antonym: immediate

Encyclopedia: Mediate