mediate

/ˈmidieɪt/

/ˈmidieɪt/

Other forms: mediating; mediated; mediately; mediates

If your two best friends aren't speaking to each other, you might find yourself trying to mediate a peace accord between them. To mediate is to go from one to another and try to make peace.

Mediate derives from the Latin medius "middle," and people who mediate are in the middle, between the parties. Other things that are in the middle can be said to mediate as well. Your mind can mediate between your two conflicting personalities.

Definitions of mediate

1. verb

   act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
   “He mediated a settlement”

   synonyms: arbitrate, intercede, intermediate

   type of:

   negociate, negotiate, talk terms

   discuss the terms of an arrangement
2. verb

   occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
   “mediate between the old and the new”

   type of:

   lie

   be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
3. adjective

   acting through or dependent on an intervening agency
   “the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact”

   synonyms:

   indirect

   having intervening factors or persons or influences

   mediated

   acting or brought about through an intervening agency

   antonyms:

   immediate

   having no intervening medium

   direct, unmediated

   having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
4. adjective

   being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
   “in a mediate position”

   synonyms: in-between, middle

   intermediate

   lying between two extremes in time or space or state