mediate
adjective
1. acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
- the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact
Similar word(s): indirect, mediated
2. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- in a mediate position
Similar word(s): intermediate, middle
verb
1. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
- He mediated a settlement
Similar word(s): arbitrate, intercede, intermediate, liaise
Definition categories: communication, negociate, negotiate
2. occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
- mediate between the old and the new