mediate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  2. verb occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others
  3. adjective acting through or dependent on an intervening agency

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the 1440s in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English mediat(e) (“intermediate; intercessory”), borrowed from Late Latin mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to divide in the middle; (in Medieval Latin) to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

In classic literature

Synonyms

intercede, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate

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