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mediate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mediatus, past participle of mediare (“to divide in the middle”) (in Medieval Latin, also “to be in the middle, be or become between, mediate”), from Latin medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (verb) (US) IPA(key): /?midie?t/
- (adjective) (US) IPA(key): /?midi.?t/
Verb
mediate (third-person singular simple present mediates, present participle mediating, simple past and past participle mediated)
- (transitive) To resolve differences, or to bring about a settlement, between conflicting parties.
- (intransitive) To intervene between conflicting parties in order to resolve differences or bring about a settlement.
- To divide into two equal parts.
- 1701, William Holder, A Discourse Concerning Time
- Space from the elevation of one Foot, to the same Foot set down again, mediated by a step of the other Foot a Pace […]
- 1701, William Holder, A Discourse Concerning Time
- To act as an intermediary causal or communicative agent; to convey.
- To act as a spiritualistic medium.
Related terms
- mean
- median
- mediation
- mediator
- medium
Translations
Adjective
mediate
- Acting through a mediating agency, indirect.
- 1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton (page 318)
- The Leibnitzio-Wolfians distinguish three acts in the process of representative cognition: — 1° the act of representing a (mediate) object to the mind; 2° the representation, or, to speak more properly, representamen, itself as an (immediate or vicarious) object exhibited to the mind; 3° the act by which the mind is conscious, immediately of the representative object, and, through it, mediately of the remote object represented.
- 1989, Oliver Sacks, Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
- Vygotsky saw the development of language and mental powers as neither learned, in the ordinary way, nor emerging epigenetically, but as being social and mediate in nature, as arising from the interaction of adult and child, and as internalizing the cultural instrument of language for the processes of thought.
- 1861, Sir William Hamilton, The Metaphysics of Sir William Hamilton (page 318)
- Intermediate between extremes.
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- Gained or effected by a medium or condition.
- mediate positive proof
Derived terms
- immediate
- immediately
- mediately
Translations
Further reading
- mediate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mediate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- medaite
Italian
Adjective
mediate f pl
- feminine plural of mediato
Verb
mediate
- second-person plural present of mediare
- second-person plural present subjunctive of mediare
- second-person plural imperative of mediare
- feminine plural past participle of mediare
Latin
Participle
medi?te
- vocative masculine singular of medi?tus
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mediator
English
Alternative forms
- mediatour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medi?tor (“one who mediates”), from medi?tum, supine of medi? (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?midie?t?/
Noun
mediator (plural mediators)
- One who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement.
- A chemical substance transmitting information to a targeted cell.
Synonyms
- negotiator
Hyponyms
- (female): mediatress, mediatrix
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- mediator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mediator in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- admire to
Danish
Noun
mediator c (singular definite mediatoren, plural indefinite mediatorer)
- mediator
Declension
Further reading
- “mediator” in Den Danske Ordbog
Latin
Etymology
From medi?tum, supine of medi? (“be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /me.di?a?.tor/, [m?d?i?ä?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.di?a.tor/, [m?d?i???t??r]
Noun
medi?tor m (genitive medi?t?ris, feminine medi?tr?x); third declension
- mediator, intermediary, go-between
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- mediator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mediator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- mediator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin medi?tor.
Noun
mediator m (plural mediatori, feminine equivalent mediatoare)
- mediator#English, intermediary
Synonyms
- intermediar, mijlocitor
Related terms
- media
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